Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Groundworks have begun on the £200 million Crown Square project in central Middlesbrough, which will transform a former brownfield site in Gresham, into build-to-rent (BTR) homes, student accommodation, and a Fairfield by Marriott hotel.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Developer Greystar has opened bookings for Chapter London Bridge, a purpose-built sutendt accommodation (PBSA) development set to welcome its first residents for the 2025/26 academic year.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Elite UK Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has received planning approval to convert a freehold property in Dundee, Scotland, into a 168-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) facility.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWordwide: Resident satisfaction in student accommodations is declining, according to software provider StarRez’s “2025 State of the Student Housing Industry Report”.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Developers NCO (Seven) Limited and Nixon Homes Limited have submitted a full planning application to Exeter City Council for a mixed student accommodation and co-living scheme on the site of the former police station and magistrates court on Heavitree Road.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The UK government has confirmed deadlines for the removal of unsafe cladding under a new Remediation Bill, alongside a £1 billion investment in social housing remediation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Australian finance group Macquarie will acquire two European student housing platforms managing over 12,000 beds, entering the European student accommodation market.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Scottish Government has called in in a major student housing proposal in Glasgow amid concerns over its potential impact on the neighbouring Category A-listed Mackintosh Building.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Development Ventures Group (Deven Group) has broken ground on a 631-bed, 177-unit purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) project near the University of Central Florida (UCF).
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Integritas Property Group (IPG) has completed Deakin’s Yard, a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development in Newcastle-under-Lyme, delivering 273 units ahead of the 2025/26 academic year.
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