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A newly completed Dundee student housing building has been put up for sale for nearly £9 million. Construction of Greenmarket Studios on South Marketgait has been finished in time for the 2025/26 academic year.

Real estate development companies are attempting to fill the massive shortages in student accommodation. The funds that have been allocated to this market already exceed 700 million euros, according to estimates by Savills Hellas, a specialized company of consultants and real estate appraisers.

As the group hit the £1bn investments landmark, Melburg Capital has appointed George Fisher as an Investment Associate. In his new role, George will support the company’s London-based acquisition and management teams.

Planning permission has been granted for a new student apartment building in Letterkenny. The 32-unit complex will be constructed off the Ramelton Road and beside the An Grianan Theatre and the Regional Cultural Centre.

Barings has acquired a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in London for £101.1m on behalf of a European value-add real estate strategy and in a joint venture with Rosethorn Capital.

The Board of owner and operator of student housing – Empiric Student Property PLC – has confirmed that on 7 May 2025, it received a non-binding proposal from The Unite Group PLC (“Unite”) to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Empiric.

YPP has been given planning permission to build a 60-bedroom purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme on New Walk in Leicester. Brewster Bye Architects designed the conversion of 2A New Walk, a former Job Centre in Leicester, into a PBSA development.

Plans for a 37-storey block of student flats at a city shopping centre are expected to be approved by the council. More than 1,000 teenagers would be housed in the development in part of the Merrion Centre.

Urban Centric’s plans for The Wharf – a PBSA scheme in Butetown, Cardiff, are set to be given the go-ahead. The site concerns an undeveloped plot of around 0.3 acres in size, located between Schooner Way and Bute East Dock.

The development team behind a new student housing project proposed for the western side of Dickson Street near campus is asking for public input to help shape its plan.