Amber Beat: Global Student Accommodation Market News - September 2024, Week 01

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Amber Beat is a weekly snapshot of the key developments in top student accommodation markets.  This newsletter provides you with all the information you need to know, from new upcoming projects to current trends, news affecting students to government policies, we’ve got you covered!

Amber Beat | News from August 29- September 06

United Kingdom

• Mercia secures £32.5M funding deal for 411-bedroom student project in Birmingham (Source)
• Queen’s University to build 459-bed sustainable student accommodation on Belfast's Golden Mile, first Passivhaus in Northern Ireland (Source)
• Belfast unveils 307-room student residence, adding £2M to the economy and creating 185 jobs (Source)
• Southampton Developer Big Sur seeks changes to 249-bed student housing plan on site of £4M Cannabis Bust (Source)
• Birmingham City Council to consider 317-bed student block in Historic Gun Quarter, proposal recommended for approval (Source)
• Greenwich to develop 190 new student rooms with affordable housing; new plans include gardens, shops, and enhanced public spaces (Source)
• New plans for 122-unit student accommodation on a former nightclub site submitted in Leeds (Source)

United States

• Highlands College completes phase one of ‘The Village’ with a $17.5M donation, adding 100 beds; phase two to accommodate up to 280 students in Birmingham, Alabama (Source)
• Trinitas Ventures to develop $60M+ 'Current on Center' with 764 beds and 226 units on Center Street, Fayetteville; set to complete by July 2026 (Source)
• Development Ventures Group to expand student housing portfolio to over $1 billion, equating to 8,000 beds in the next three years (Source)
• University of Arkansas plans up to 1,400-bed student housing project near Garland Avenue, design phase underway for Maple Hill and Hotz Hall sites (Source)
• Trinitas Ventures purchases site for future ’612 Center Street’ student housing in Fayetteville, Arkansas, for $4.6 million; project to enhance local amenities (Source)
• Campus Realty Advisors proposes a 460-bed student housing development at 500 Chastain Center Boulevard near Kennesaw State University (Source)
• University of Vermont launches Catamount Run Apartments with 300 units for grad students, aiming to ease Burlington’s housing crunch (Source)
• Eastern Michigan University opens Lakeview and Westview Apartments with private study rooms in Ypsilanti, as a part of Welcome Home 2025 plan (Source)

Australia

• Scape unveils $1 billion Sydney student precinct, launches first of five buildings with 381 residences near UNSW (Source)
• Charles Darwin University (CDU) to partner with Campus Living Villages (CLV) to develop student accommodation to house 350 students at 56 Wood Street, across from CDU’s Danala Education and Community Precinct (Source)

Europe

• New Bamberg student residence to open with 334 places for winter semester 2024/25 in Germany (Source)
• Spain invest €400M to create the largest luxury housing and student residence in Madrid with 153 apartments and 400 beds (Source)
• Novel Student Soto House in Pamplona expands its presence with 3 new residences in Spain, offering Studio Rooms (Source)
• University of Las Tunas opens new residence with capacity for 192 students, enhancing living conditions for female scholars in Cuba (Source)
• Stal Rzeszów launches a new private dormitory with 80 beds including a gym and games room (Source)
• Institut Valencià de la Joventut (IVAJ) to welcome 46 new students in Valencian residences for the academic year 2024/2025 in Spain (Source)
• Germany's upper Franconia approves 40-apartment wooden student residence in Hof; further 120-student residence planned (Source)

Canada

• The University of British Columbia expanded its Vancouver campus with a new student residence building, adding 282 more beds (Source)

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