Plans for former Edinburgh bowling club to be demolished for student flats move closer
Plans to demolish a former Edinburgh bowling club and replace it with student flats have taken a step closer. On April 7, a pre-application notice was submitted to the council to bulldoze 36 Russell Road, the former Caledonian Bowling Club, and replace it with purpose-built student accommodation.
Major £4.2m student accommodation scheme approved in Sunderland
A vacant office building in Sunderland city centre is set to be transformed into purpose-built student accommodation. Ashbrookes Inspired, part of Ashbrookes Group, has secured planning permission for the £4.2m development.
Landmark Properties Partners with Stockbridge to Acquire Two Los Angeles Student Housing Communities
Proximate to The University of Southern California Campus, Icon Plaza and West 27th Place Add 704 Beds to the Portfolio Landmark Properties, a fully-integrated real estate firm specializing in the development, construction, acquisition, investment management, and operation of high-quality resident
Student accommodation platform EZStays raises Rs 8.5 crore from Finvolve, India Accelerator
Finvolve, a multi-stage VC fund, has invested in EZStays - a fast-growing, holistic student accommodation and experience ecosystem. The investment is part of a larger Rs 8.5 crore (~$1 million) round that also saw participation from other strategic investors.
HS Optimus Partners with Fathom Group for Student Accommodation Development in Melbourne
HS Optimus Holdings Limited ( (SG:504) ) just unveiled an announcement. HS Optimus Holdings Limited has entered into a Development Management Agreement with Australia’s Fathom Group to develop a Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) at Lincoln Square South in Carlton, Victoria.
L&G expands PBSA strategy with The Place acquisition
L&G has announced the acquisition of The Place, Nottingham, on behalf of L&G’s Institutional Retirement business to bolster its Student Living portfolio. L&G was advised by Macfarlanes, Cast advising on technical due diligence, EY on corporate due diligence and MTRE as acting agent.
New plans for former Edinburgh law building to be demolished for student flats
New plans to demolish a former Edinburgh law building for student flats are to be submitted after previous proposals were unsuccessful. In June 2024 the Development Management Sub Committee refused permission for 174 student beds at 140 Causewayside, the former Scottish Law Commission building.
Go-ahead for McAleer & Rushe Glasgow student job
The 18-storey purpose-built student block will rise on India Street, close to the University of Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian University, with construction expected to complete by July 2027.
Limassol to build first student housing with rents 30% below market rates
Limassol Municipality will launch an architectural competition in the coming weeks for the design and supervision of the city’s first student housing project.
Osborne Clarke advised European Student Housing Fund II on PBSA transaction
Osborne Clarke advised European Student Housing Fund II on the sale of the prestigious student accommodation building in Wrocław, known as Basecamp Wrocław, to Xior Student Housing.