Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: GLA has approved a 46-storey PBSA scheme at 7 Brannan Street in Canary Wharf, overturning Tower Hamlets Council’s earlier refusal.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDeveloper HB Reavis has appointed architects PLP to oversee the conversion of a six-storey office building in London into student accommodation.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe University of Bath has launched early market engagement on a project to build nearly 1,000 new student rooms on its main campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesScotsman Developments Ltd has been granted planning permission to create 703 student rooms at the former Madras College in St Andrews.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Student accommodation provider Unite Students has submitted plans to develop 2,300 bed spaces across two new complexes for Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) as part of a joint venture investment valued at nearly £400 million.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: PBSA operator Nido Living has appointed Joanne Pollard as chief operating officer (COO) as part of its ongoing business evolution following its transformation into a vertically integrated platform.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: CVC DIF, the infrastructure arm of global private markets firm CVC, has acquired two purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) assets in Edinburgh and Glasgow from Mapletree Global Student Accommodation Private Trust.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Student housing transactions in the United States rose 43 per cent year-on-year in 2024 to reach $8.5 billion (£6.8 billion), according to Walker & Dunlop’s 2025 Student Housing Outlook report.
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: The 2025 Urban Living Impact Awards, which were launched last year to highlight the very best companies, individuals and properties across the urban living
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Vita Group has appointed contractor McAleer & Rushe to deliver a 591-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) project on India Street in Glasgow.S
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