Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: London has seen a sharp rise in student bedrooms approvals during 2024 and early 2025, helping to reverse years of under-delivery against the capital’s purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) targets.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Urban Living Festival (ULF), London’s cutting edge networking and educational event for the living, hospitality and flex workspace sectors, is delighted to be working with global home furnishings brand IKEA.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Mott MacDonald and Arcadis have been appointed as the technical delivery services partners for Places for London, the Transport for London (TfL) property company.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Watkin Jones has signed a development partnership to deliver around 200 purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) units on Bristol’s Freestone Road.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteManchester-based MCR Property Group has acquired a portfolio of five student assets across the East and West Midlands.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: A JV between Gylemuir Capital and Housing Growth Partnership (HGP) has reached practical completion of a 163-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) property in Dundee.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Unite Students’ plans for a 511-bed purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Elephant & Castle, south London, have been approved by Lambeth council.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: QuadReal Property Group, a global real estate investment, development and operating company, has acquired eight PBSA assets totalling 3,460 beds.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAround £830 million was invested in the UK PBSA market in Q2 2025, according to a new report by global property consultancy Knight Frank.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Real estate agent Avison Young has launched a residential site opportunity in Leeds city centre, bringing to market a site on Belgrave Street with potential for built-to-rent (BTR), co-living, or student accommodation.
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