Joe Mellor

Brighton, Minneapolis-St.Paul, United Kingdom

Media Consultant at Freelance

Just a lad from Newcastle who reaches for the stars, misses, and grabs a drink instead. Journo/Media/Seo

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Articles

Regal and 4C Group secure planning for Camden Town PBSA

3 weeks ago | pbsanews.co.uk | Joe Mellor

Following the submission of a planning application in November 2024, joint venture partners Regal and 4C Group have secured planning approval for a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme at 33–35 Jamestown Road and 211 Arlington Road in Camden Town. The scheme will deliver 178 PBSA bedrooms, 27 affordable homes, and over 3,600 sq ft of commercial space.
Valeo Management Europe's Carrick Street PBSA to be approved

3 weeks ago | pbsanews.co.uk | Joe Mellor

Valeo Management Europe’s purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development on Carrick Street in Glasgow City Centre is set to be approved. Glasgow City Council has ‘minded to grant’ the PBSA scheme which was submitted for planning in December 2024. The £60m scheme will be delivered under the LIV Student brand, providing 531 student beds and a flexible ground-floor commercial unit on a brownfield disused site at Carrick Street within Glasgow’s Broomielaw regeneration area.
Unite Students to dispose of nine PBSA properties

3 weeks ago | pbsanews.co.uk | Joe Mellor

Unite Students has announced the exchange of contracts for the disposal of a portfolio of nine purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) properties, comprising 3,656 beds for £212m (Unite share: £14m) to an affiliate of Lone Star Funds. The disposal portfolio includes assets in Aberdeen, Leicester, Leeds, Nottingham and Sheffield. The portfolio has nomination agreements covering 11% of beds for the 2024/25 academic year (Unite: 57%) and an average age of 19 years (Unite average: 13 years).
YPP secures planning for New Walk PBSA

3 weeks ago | pbsanews.co.uk | Joe Mellor

YPP has been given planning permission to build a 60-bedroom purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme on New Walk in Leicester. Brewster Bye Architects designed the conversion of 2A New Walk, a former Job Centre in Leicester, into a PBSA development. The existing four-storey building has been vacant for over two years. All studios consist of an open plan design with private kitchen, study area, bed space, en-suite and living area.
Urban Centric's The Wharf PBSA set to be approved

3 weeks ago | pbsanews.co.uk | Joe Mellor

Urban Centric’s plans for The Wharf – a PBSA scheme in Butetown, Cardiff, are set to be given the go-ahead. The site concerns an undeveloped plot of around 0.3 acres in size, located between Schooner Way and Bute East Dock. Urban Centric purchased the site at The Wharf from Cadwyn Housing Association in 2023 which has now been earmarked for a 158-bedroom PBSA development.
Student Roost and Plentific launch digital partnership

3 weeks ago | pbsanews.co.uk | Joe Mellor

Student Roost will become the first purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) provider to implement Plentific’s award-winning property operations platform, delivering a fully digitalised, self-serve, end-to-end maintenance experience for over 22,000 students.
PBSA becomes top target for European OpRE investors

3 weeks ago | pbsanews.co.uk | Joe Mellor

Savills’ third annual survey has found that purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) is leading investor interest in the Operational Real Estate (OpRE) sector. Respondents collectively have almost €720bn of real estate assets under management (AuM) and now PBSA has overtaken multifamily for the first time as the highest priority target sector.
Olympian's St James House PBSA to move to construction phase

3 weeks ago | pbsanews.co.uk | Joe Mellor

Olympian has recently awarded RG Group the contract to build St James House – a new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Bristol. Cain International and Olympian Homes acquired the St James House site in October 2024 and secured planning consent to deliver the revised scheme in March this year. With demolition work currently underway, RG Group will move into the construction phase shortly to deliver a 28-storey PBSA development with 442 units and a co-living development.
Kappa Maritime & Estates submit plans for Portswood Road PBSA

3 weeks ago | pbsanews.co.uk | Joe Mellor

Kappa Maritime & Estates has submitted plans to Southampton City Council’s planning department for an 80-bedroom purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme at 264 and 266 Portswood Road in Southampton. The PBSA block would regenerate a long-derelict brownfield site which was previously home to a pub and furnishing business. The proposals involve the demolition of the Waggoners Arms pub building and former Burts Furnishing premises.
Precinct Properties begin next stage of Carlaw Park Student Village

3 weeks ago | pbsanews.co.uk | Joe Mellor

Precinct Properties Group and the University of Auckland have signed a development agreement for a major new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) facility at 22 Stanley Street, next to the award-winning Stuart McCutcheon House in the Carlaw Park Student Village. The new building will offer around 960 self-contained PBSA studio apartments, making it the largest PBSA facility in Aotearoa New Zealand to date.