Plans for a new £55m purpose built student accommodation development in Belfast city centre have been announced today.
Property development company South Bank Square has announced that it has submitted a proposal of application notice to Belfast City Council for a new student accommodation development.
This is the first stage in obtaining planning permission for major developments.
The proposed development, which will be known as The Grattan, will include 610 bedrooms, a café, residents lounge, fitness suite, business hub and landscaped roof terraces.
It will be located on the site of the Fanum House building on Great Victoria Street. The proposal will include the demolition of the vacant 11-storey office building.
Finally, some investment in Belfast.
and it will only be affordable to extremely rich intl students, relieving none of the strain on the housing stock.
Last proposal was 210 apartments at 20 floors, 610 bedrooms sounds about 30 percent bigger, could be very tall.
The only thing getting built in UK cities across the board seems to be overpriced student accommodations for minted foreign students. Glad for the investment but it’s a bit telling about the state of things.
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Plans for a new £55m purpose built student accommodation development in Belfast city centre have been announced today.
Property development company South Bank Square has announced that it has submitted a proposal of application notice to Belfast City Council for a new student accommodation development.
This is the first stage in obtaining planning permission for major developments.
The proposed development, which will be known as The Grattan, will include 610 bedrooms, a café, residents lounge, fitness suite, business hub and landscaped roof terraces.
It will be located on the site of the Fanum House building on Great Victoria Street. The proposal will include the demolition of the vacant 11-storey office building.
Finally, some investment in Belfast.
and it will only be affordable to extremely rich intl students, relieving none of the strain on the housing stock.
Last proposal was 210 apartments at 20 floors, 610 bedrooms sounds about 30 percent bigger, could be very tall.
The only thing getting built in UK cities across the board seems to be overpriced student accommodations for minted foreign students. Glad for the investment but it’s a bit telling about the state of things.
