Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Unite and Empiric have agreed terms on a cash and shares deal which values the latter at £723 million.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Singapore-based property developer UOL Group has agreed to acquire Varley Park, a student accommodation complex in Brighton, UK, from the University of Brighton for £43.5 million.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Property investor Albert Investment and design firm ThreeSixty Architecture have revealed updated proposals for a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme at 93–113 St George’s Road in Glasgow’s Charing Cross.
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: < 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: 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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