BIRLEY FIELDS ACHIEVES BREEAM OUTSTANDING

We are delighted to announce that our Birley Fields Student Accommodation scheme at Manchester Metropolitan University has achieved a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating at design stage. This impressive accomplishment is achieved by less that 1% of new buildings in the UK. The 967 bedrooms are provided in both Townhouse Units and Cluster Flat accommodation that areRead More

CLASS OF 2020 CONFERENCE

Directors John Wybor and Richard Townend recently returned from this years Class of 2020 Student Accommodation conference in Amsterdam. The conference, which was attended by over 250 participants from around the world, gathered to discuss the future of student housing in Europe. The two-day event also included a tour of the Student Hotel in AmsterdamRead More

CLIMATE CHANGE MINISTER CALLS THE GREEN ‘ENVIRONMENTALLY OUTSTANDING’

Today Rt Hon Greg Barker, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change visited The Green student accommodation scheme at Bradford University and was inspired by the project that was completed in September 2011 calling it “environmentally outstanding student housing”. On his trip to the north that included visits to the Green Build Expo inRead More

SUSTAINABLE STUDENT VILLAGE OPENS AT BRADFORD UNIVERSITY

A £40m ground-breaking eco-friendly student village at the University of Bradford campus has opened and has been awarded the second highest ever BREEAM score at 94.11%.  The Green is one of only 15 buildings in the world to achieve BREEAM’s highest classification of ‘Outstanding’. The unique development was designed by GWP Architecture and was managed by Mi7 Developments since itsRead More