All PBSA articles – Page 3
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Maslow Capital agrees £114m loan for Paddington PBSA scheme
Maslow Capital, a provider of real estate development finance, has agreed a £114m loan for Union Property Development to build a 356-bed student accommodation scheme in Paddington, central London.
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Investec loans GSA £85m to refurbish five PBSA assets
Investor Investec Real Estate is providing an £85m loan to developer Global Student Accommodation Group (GSA) to support the refinance and partial refurbishment of five UK purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) assets.
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How engineering can help you maximise returns from PBSA Developments
Optimising and value engineering PBSA buildings from an early stage and throughout the project allows smart developers and investors to maximise the potential returns from this unique kind of development.
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MRP & Vita get green light for 540-bed Birmingham PBSA scheme
Investor and developer MRP has secured planning permission for a 540-bed purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) development in Birmingham, in partnership with student accommodation provider Vita Group.
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Consortium formed to masterplan Manchester life sciences and student accommodation quarter
McLaren Property, Property Alliance Group (Alliance), Moda Living and Kadans Science Partner have formed a partnership to create a masterplan featuring 700,000 sq ft of life sciences space and student accommodation with 1,840 beds for a project at Upper Brook Street in Ardwick, Manchester.
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Moda moves into student housing with plans to provide 10,000 beds
Build-to-rent (BTR) developer and operator Moda Living is branching out into the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) market, with plans to develop properties with 10,000 new student beds in the next five years.
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Edward Gibbon appointed as Host’s head of asset management
Student accommodation developer and operator Host has appointed Edward Gibbon as its new head of asset management.
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What’s ahead for the PBSA sector?
Earlier this month, Yardi and Property Week brought together a panel of purpose-built student accommodation experts to discuss the sector’s success in recent years, the impact that the cost-of-living crisis is having on students, how technology can enhance operations and what can be learned from the build-to-rent sector.
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Firethorn launches new Living Platform with senior appointment
Real estate investor and developer Firethorn Trust has launched a new Living platform, which will be headed up by senior appointment Marcus Weeks.
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Dominus to provide permanent London home for Migration Museum
Dominus is to create a permanent home for London’s Migration Museum as part of a proposed 769-bed student accommodation development near the Tower of London.
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BTR, PBSA and later living should be exempt from Building Safety Levy, says BPF
The British Property Federation (BPF) has called on government to remove build-to-rent, purpose built student accommodation and later living homes from the Building Safety Levy.
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Paragon pledges £30m for Southwark PBSA scheme
Paragon Bank has provided a £29.6m financing package to support the development of a 267-bed purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Southwark, south London.
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Q&A: Housing Hand’s COO on student accommodation crisis
Rent guarantor specialist Graham Hayward on what can be done to help students find affordable accommodation.
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PBSA investments reach record £7.2bn
Investments in purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) increased by nearly 70% to £7.2bn in 2022, according to the latest Knight Frank report.
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Unite snaps up £73m east London office building for large PBSA scheme
Unite Students has bought an office building in Stratford for £73m and is set to convert the east London site into a 716-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development.
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Unite Students reveals Q4 2022 fall in values
The value of Unite Students’ two portfolios fell in the final three months of 2022, the group has revealed in a trading update to investors.
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Plans submitted for £150m Brighton student accommodation development
A Brighton manor house will be converted into a ’pub hub club’ alongside accommodation for 566 students under a recently submitted £150m redevelopment plan.
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Smaller student dwellings in demand in Q4, says StuRents
Demand for student accommodation was skewed more heavily towards smaller sizes in the fourth quarter of 2022 as more international students sought accommodation, according to data from StuRents.
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CMA approves £3.3bn Student Roost acquisition after offer to sell assets
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved GIC and Greystar’s £3.3bn takeover of Student Roost after the pair agreed to sell two of its Birmingham sites.