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Summix OCS Developments Ltd has submitted plans to Southwark Council to build 465 student flats across two blocks on Ossory Road and 26 social rented family homes on Verney Road, with planning permission expected on March 3.

Telford Living, the UK residential development arm of Trammell Crow Company, has submitted a planning application for a 520-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Bethnal Green, East London, on a 0.9-acre brownfield site near Bethnal Green Underground station and Queen Mary University campuses.

Journal Student Living acquired a 2747 sqm site on North Terrace, Adelaide, for $26.29 million, planning a $400 million student accommodation tower that marks its entry into the Adelaide market and aims to address the city’s significant housing shortfall for students.

A £59 million purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme proposed for 38 Cadogan Street in Glasgow city centre is progressing towards planning approval, signalling a significant new addition to the city’s student housing pipeline.

Colliers has appointed Edmund Hendry as director in its living capital markets team, strengthening its leadership in the PBSA sector.

Unite Students is selling its 571-bed St Pancras Way London asset to USAF for £186 million, slightly below book value, securing at least £115 million in cash and modestly increasing its stake in the fund.

Trammell Crow Company’s UK residential division, Telford Living, has submitted a planning application to Tower Hamlets for a 520-unit PBSA scheme on the former LEB Building site near Cambridge Heath Road, designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.

Provident Resources Group, led by CEO Christopher Hicks, acquired a 1.3-acre student housing site near Florida International University in Sweetwater for $22.5 million, resolving prior litigation between Workforce Housing Partners and Nef.

Kelvin Properties is developing a 134-studio PBSA scheme on Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow, with completion scheduled for June 2027 to serve the 2027/28 academic year. The project was repositioned from residential use following market analysis amid a citywide shortfall of over 6,000 student beds and rising demand for managed accommodation in central and West End locations.

MCR Property Group has launched Flow Student, a dedicated platform managing 6,000 UK student beds with a £360m GDV, targeting growth to 15,000 beds valued over £1 billion by year-end through acquisitions, refurbishments, and operational expansion across key university cities.