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 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: < 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.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Coliving brand The Living Company, Scape’s newly launched platform, has acquired a 4,190 square metres industrial site in Sydney for AU$32.005 million (£16.3 million).
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Developer Watkin Jones has launched the branding for Venti House purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Stratford, London.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNorthern Ireland: Concrete cores have reached full height at Weavers’ Hall, Belfast’s first ultra-low emission purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA).
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: Global Student Accommodation (GSA) and Nuveen Real Estate have completed the €540 million (£462.5 million) acquisition of the YouFirst Campus portfolio from French real estate group Gecina.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Plans have been submitted for the redevelopment of the former police station and magistrates’ court on Heavitree Road in Exeter, proposing more than 800 new homes in a mixed-use scheme for students and local residents.