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urbanest has successfully achieved Passivhaus standard accreditation for its purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development in Battersea. Situated close to the iconic Battersea Power Station, urbanest Battersea provides high-quality, energy efficient accommodation for 853 students.

The huge student scheme, with some 795 rooms, to be located close to Library Street and Little Donegall Street in the city centre at a former Belfast Telegraph car park, was recommended for approval by planners at Belfast City Council in 2023.

The government has decided against listing a historic Manchester cotton mill building, meaning that plans to turn it into a 595-bed student housing scheme can now proceed.

Developer, X1, and Manchester-based investment specialist, Knight Knox, have completed X1 Cheltenham Place, a £44m luxury student accommodation scheme next to the University of Salford’s Frederick Road campus. The scheme represents X1’s 11th student accommodation development in the North West.

Property developers seeking to inject funds into new building ventures in the centre of Belfast are increasingly looking up. A number of new projects could soon see the city’s skyline transformed with some of tallest residential schemes ever built on the island.

Sansome Hall, a five-story purpose-built residence in the city centre, was sold on behalf of joint receivers at Kroll by Bond Wolfe. The property is currently 89% let, generating £451,200 in annual rental income.

SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah (The U) and American Campus Communities (ACC), in a public-private partnership, have broken ground on a $155 million student housing complex in Salt Lake City. The six-story residence hall will add 1,400 beds for first- and second-year students.

Savills, on behalf of institutional investors, has completed the sale of a permitted development site in Warsaw, Poland, to Kajima for an undisclosed price.

Plans for a new student housing development have been submitted to Nottingham City Council, just days after the council's leader Neghat Khan stated the city has enough student accommodation.

An application to build flats and student accommodation on vacant brownfield land at 145 Elliot Street have been shared. 84 build-to-rent or private sale homes alongside block housing either co-living accommodation or 391 student flats would be spread over two towers.