Alice Moore, associate director at Boyer, examines the critical role of PBSA in meeting student housing needs and its wider benefits, amid a planning landscape that often prioritises...

The bank has provided £22.6 million to fund Union Property’s Glasgow Citi View PBSA development.

Over the last five years, average annual PBSA delivery has dropped from 31,600 to 17,600 beds.

The scheme includes 260 beds: 219 ensuite cluster bedrooms and 41 self-contained studios.

Arc & Co. has completed multiple £20m+ funding transactions so far this year.

BTR and PBSA operators face increasing pressure to deliver quality homes and value in a competitive market.

The project has a projected gross development value of £182m at completion.

The lender is currently funding the delivery of more than 7,350 homes annually across the UK.

34 % of investors plan to exit student housing and HMOs entirely in 2025, up from 22 % last year.

London has approved more than 26,000 student bedrooms since 2021, equivalent to over 10,500 conventional homes in housing need terms.