There is a regular chain of events when it comes to planning applications. A number of storeys is first suggested by developers which after public consultation is reduced in a revised application and subsequently approved by councillors, with the lower height seen as a win-win for all parties
A modern purpose-built student accommodation complex, the asset class investors are backing. Photo by Nick Night on Unsplash
ARK Student has announced the relaunch of The Valentine as ARK Valentine, a 333-bed student residence in Gants Hill, under the ownership of Crosstree Real Estate Partners and management of ARK Living. Bringing together a choice of studios and ensuite rooms, welcoming shared spaces and regular community events, ARK Valentine offers a connected London base…
Controversial plans to turn a former care home into 126 student beds have been refused at the second time of asking
Case highlights severe financial strain on sector across UK as string of university housing schemes fail
The student rental market is, at least for now, moving away from a period of across-the-board rent rises and becoming more selective. Rents are no longer determined solely by the pressure of demand in university towns: the attractiveness of individual universities, the location of properties, their quality and the availability of alternative accommodation options –…
Fourth-year University College Dublin (UCD) history and politics student Evan Fitzgerald ought to be well accustomed to the annual scramble for accommodation, but each year still brings new challenges
The university’s plan for 358 new student beds in Dartry will proceed to tender following approval from Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD
COMMUTERS and workers around Galway’s trains and bus stations will be handed leaflets this week in a bid to
Accomodation for hundreds of students could be built on the site of a city’s former concrete plant









