Plan for student rooms over car park to go ahead – Oxford
The St Clements scheme has angered residents’ groups, who say the area has already seen a huge increase in applications for student accommodation….
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Action plan for Baxter Gate hospital site – Loughborough
Is there too much student accommodation in Loughborough?….
University complaints ‘soar by a quarter’
Some 900 undergraduates and postgraduates reported institutions to the official watchdog last year……..
Bristol streets to be narrowed to create ‘village’
Three busy inner-city Bristol streets are set to be narrowed as part of a multi-million pound revamp for a previously neglected area of the city. The plans include creating a central public square, which would be bordered by a 200-bed hotel with an entrance on Redcliff Street. Behind the hotel, there would be a student accommodation block with 106 bedrooms in studios and flats….
Mansell wins £18m student housing contract – London
Mansell has won an £18m contract to design and construct 230 new student accommodation units in south-east London. The two blocks in south-east London will include 102 modular units and 128 traditionally constructed ones. The scheme, at the corner of Lavington Street and Great Suffolk Street, will be built for the Unite Group, a developer and manager of student accommodation……
Student landlord reports strong lettings performance
Student landlord, The UNITE Group has reported a strong student accommodation lettings performance for the 2009/2010 academic year with rental growth of between 7% and 10% expected, on a like-for-like basis…..
Fire Service loses legal fight with student flats firm
The legal action was brought against Victoria Hall Ltd, which owns student flats in Selly Oak. But the company, which also has accommodation in other large…
Chester University plans £30m student accommodation project
The University of Chester has issued an OJEU notice to find a multi-disciplinary team to design and deliver a £30 million student accommodation project. …
Living in the heavens with Nido
On the outskirts of the City of London students will be able to enjoy very lofty views across some prime central real estate with Nido student accommodation……
Student housing out of favour – Sheffield
Plans to convert a 19th-century listed building into student flats are being recommended for refusal by Sheffield Council as planners claim the conversion would not fit in with the architecture and history of the site…….