News11.05.26by Zainab Hussain
The University of Bristol has chosen a developer to build an 890-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme.
The scheme is set to become one of the principal student accommodation sites for the University of Bristol within the Temple Quarter area (picture: Watkin Jones)
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UPP is the preferred bidder to develop the Temple Island PBSA scheme for the University of Bristol, working alongside contractor Watkin Jones.
The scheme will comprise 890 student bedrooms across three buildings, located at the university’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus in central Bristol.
It has been designed by architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris to feature a range of flexible study areas and social spaces.
The scheme will also target a Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Measure (BREEAM) rating of ‘Excellent’ and an Energy Performance Certificate A rating.
It will mainly serve postgraduate students, who typically come to study at the university for one year. The scheme is scheduled to open in 2030.
The University of Bristol will enter into a long-term nominations agreement, with UPP responsible for day-to-day management and operation of the buildings.
Cushman & Wakefield is advising the University of Bristol on the process.
The expectation is for the scheme to become one of the principal student accommodation sites for the University of Bristol within the Temple Quarter area.
It will also support the Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, a flagship project for one of the UK’s most significant city-centre development programmes, set to open in 2026.
The campus is a £500m development by the university, with the capacity for 4,600 students, 650 staff and 350 partners across new business schools, research hubs and innovation centres.
The development programme will also provide teaching facilities, research labs and collaborative workspace for students, staff and enterprise partners.
Craig Nowell, chief property officer at the University of Bristol, said: “This will be a flagship student residence situated right next to the university’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus which itself is opening to students in September this year.
“This new accommodation is an integral part of the university’s commitment to this previously neglected area of the city and will be part of the wider regeneration of the Temple Island area, providing a high-quality home for our students for many years to come.”
Last year, Moorfield Group announced it will partner with Tiger Developments on a £60m student housing scheme in Freestone Road, Bristol. The scheme is a key part of Temple Quarter and is located directly opposite the Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus.
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