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Vita Group Glasgow

Vita Group submits planning application for Glasgow regeneration site

George Sell April 22, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Vita Group has submitted a planning application for the 20 India Street regeneration site in central Glasgow.

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Belfast PBSA

Belfast Passivhaus PBSA scheme gets green light

George Sell April 18, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Planning consent for Northern Ireland’s first Passivhaus student accommodation has been granted by Belfast City Council planning committee.

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Permitted development rights

Changes to planning use classes: The next stage in the evolution of permitted development rights

James Doherty April 16, 2024

Reading Time: 4 minutesRecent changes to permitted development rights are welcome, but with the housing crisis worsening, the flexibility of the new Class MA should be extended further, says James Doherty of Boyer.

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LGIM Unite

Unite secures £150 million loan from LGIM

George Sell April 15, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has provided a £150 million senior loan to PBSA operator and developer Unite, secured against 10 assets across the UK.

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Mapletree student

Mapletree acquires 8,000 student beds in the UK and Germany

George Sell April 15, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSingapore: Mapletree Investments has acquired 8,192 student housing beds from Cuscaden Peak Investments, in a deal worth £1 billion (S$1.7 billion).

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Nigeria student

Deal signed for 1600-bed student properties in Nigeria

George Sell April 15, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNigeria: Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria has signed an agreement with the Student Housing Company Limited for the development of 1600-beds under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement.

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hotel student

Historic hotel set for student conversion

George Sell April 8, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Developers revealed plans to convert a Grade II listed hotel in to student accommodation.

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Edinburgh PBSA

Plans submitted for Edinburgh PBSA scheme

George Sell April 3, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Proposals to conserve and convert a former bingo hall in Leith into student homes have been submitted.

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Vita Group Morgan Stanley

Vita group sells PBSA assets to Morgan Stanley fund

George Sell April 3, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Vita Group has completed the sale of two Vita Student residences in Barcelona to a fund managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI).

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Nido Round Hill

Round Hill sells Nido Living to Canadian pension fund

George Sell April 2, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Round Hill Capital has sold its PBSA business, Nido Living, to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments).

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