Kenneth Reid Architects have submitted plans on behalf of 83S Ltd to erect a 141 bed student residential development at Gilmerton Road, Edinburgh.

Arranged around a central courtyard the accommodation of colour and varying surface treatments to aid navigation and inject visual interest with unspecified materials of the ‘highest quality’.

In a design statement the architects noted: “The building is interesting to look at and to move around inside with key focal points expressed in all facades, the principal entrance is off one of the key courtyards and is clearly displayed …

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Residents got their first glimpse of how a £10 million student housing block could usher visitors through the “gateway to Winchester”.

Early plans went on show last weekend for a five-and-six storey development for up to 280 Winchester University students next to the city’s railway station.

Developer Osborne hopes to build up to 60 flats on the former Hunt’s Foodservice warehouse off Andover Road …

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A new image has been released showing how a student accommodation project on the Calthorpe Estate will look.

The historic, family-owned company has lodged plans to regeneration a run-down site in Edgbaston which previously housed a car showroom and latterly a Texaco garage.

Calthorpe Estates has applied to build a six-storey block on the corner of George Road and Islington Row Middleway, containing a 2,771 sq ft ground floor retail unit and 50 en-suite bedrooms across five floors in shared flats and studios …

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A derelict scrap of city centre land could be converted into a £20 million international student boarding school and offices.

The Study Group has unveiled ambitious proposals to convert an abandoned plot in Station Street, Brighton, to expand city offices and provide accommodation for nearly 150 students.

The international education firm claims the project will create 170 construction jobs and 120 full-time jobs …

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Canterbury City Council has approved proposals to regenerate the site of a disused car showroom, petrol station and garage with a new student housing development.

The student accommodation building in Rhodaus Town would be part-four and part-five storeys tall and would contain 539 bedrooms.

The site is currently vacant and comprises the remains of the former Robins and Day garage, a Peugeot car showroom, a petrol filling station and warehouse storage buildings …

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A controverial student housing block will be built – despite being knocked back by the city council.

The £30 million proposals for the site of the Homebase DIY store in St Leonard’s Street were rejected earlier this year.

Planning bosses said the proposed 579-bed unit would push the Southside’s student population above 61 per cent – twice the level recommended in city guidelines …

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Plans to build 10 new town houses for 139 students in Exeter could break the ceiling set on such developments.

The proposed new flats, on the “Exeter Gateway” junction of St Davids Hill and Bonhay Road, near St David’s Station, are the latest in a long line of city developments specifically for students.

And they come as the city council – which has 4,869 households registered on its waiting list – revealed that in the last 12 months, 99 new affordable homes were completed in Exeter, 14 of them council homes built by Exeter City Council …

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An office where thousands of births, deaths and marriages were registered is to be flattened to make way for student flats.

The property on Martha Street is part of a development which also includes the A listed Council Parish Halls on George Street.

This week, city councillors will be asked to agree to sell a large part of a city block beside the City Chambers to CSG Glasgow for £5.1million …

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Empiric Student Property has secured a forward funded development in Huddersfield, known as Oldgate House, for a total investment of £11 million.

The student development is currently being developed into a prime, purpose-built student accommodation location.

Empiric, based in London, acquired the freehold to the site on Oldgate, which is only a five minute walk from the main campus of the University of Huddersfield and very close to the city centre …

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