Second Home management to buy company out of administration
George Sell
January 8, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute Coworking company Second Home has entered administration, and is due to undergo a management buyout.
George Sell
George is the editor of Urban Living News, and has more than a 20 years experience as a hospitality, property and travel journalist. He regularly contributes to a wide range of international publications and websites.
UK housebuilding weakens as construction output growth hits six-month low
George Sell
January 7, 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: UK construction companies indicated a loss of momentum at the end of 2024 with business activity expanding at the slowest pace since last June.
Placefirst and Strata form SFR JV
George Sell
January 7, 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes BTR operator Placefirst and housebuilder Strata have formed a JV to deliver over 500 SFR homes by 2028.
Empiric buys Manchester student scheme
George Sell
January 7, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute Empiric Student Property has bought Tatton House, a 136-studio PBSA asset on Manchester’s Hathersage Road, for £19.75 million.
London office scheme redesigned as PBSA and resi towers
George Sell
January 7, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute Architecture firm Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) has submitted plans for a development above Southwark tube station.
Green light for Belfast PBSA scheme
George Sell
January 6, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: MRP, the development arm of McAleer & Rushe, has been granted approval by Belfast City Council for a PBSA scheme in Belfast city centre.
Cardiff coliving plans submitted
George Sell
January 6, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute Plans have been submitted for a 400+ unit coliving scheme in Cardiff’s Cathays neighbourhood.
Coventry student-to-coliving bid denied
George Sell
January 6, 2025
Reading Time: 1 minute UK: Axo Student Living’s plan to change the use of units at a Coventry PBSA asset to coliving have been refused by the local authority.
Greystar acquires Dublin student scheme
George Sell
December 31, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes Greystar has acquired the Point Campus development in Dublin, marking its first move in the Irish PBSA market.
Plans for Bath coliving scheme submitted
George Sell
December 31, 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minute Developer BC Bath Ltd has revealed proposals for up to 272 coliving studios on the site of the Victoria Park Business Centre in Bath.