{"id":428379,"date":"2025-09-16T08:08:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/428379\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T08:08:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:08:42","slug":"mcaleer-rushe-and-vita-group-top-out-edinburgh-student-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/428379\/","title":{"rendered":"McAleer & Rushe and Vita Group top out Edinburgh student development"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Design & build contractor McAleer & Rushe, together with Vita Group, have celebrated a significant construction milestone with the topping out of their purpose-built student accommodation scheme at New Waverley in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

Bringing together key project stakeholders, including senior representatives from McAleer & Rushe, Vita Group and Puma Property Finance, the ceremony marked the structural completion of the development, which will deliver a 267-bed Vita Student residence in time for the 2026 academic year.<\/p>\n

Representing the fifth project McAleer & Rushe have undertaken as part of the \u00a3240 million New Waverley regeneration masterplan, the scheme is transforming a brownfield site to cater for Edinburgh\u2019s growing need for more student accommodation.<\/p>\n

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Once complete, Vita Student New Waverley will feature amenities such as a state-of-the-art gym, social and study spaces.<\/p>\n

This development is among a series of collaborations between McAleer & Rushe and Vita Group, including ongoing projects at Gough Street in Birmingham and India Street in Glasgow, as well as the award-winning Bruce Street scheme in Belfast.<\/p>\n

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The new scheme will be the third Vita Student residence in Edinburgh, joining established sites at Fountainbridge and Iona Street.<\/p>\n

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Mark Diamond, senior director at McAleer & Rushe, said: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to celebrate this important milestone and reflect on the collective efforts of our partners, project team and valued supply chain in bringing this landmark development to life.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to completing the scheme to the highest standards, creating a first-class living environment for students in Edinburgh while continuing to deliver lasting investment into this vibrant area of the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

Max Bielby, chief operating officer for Vita Group, said: \u201cWe\u2019re proud to celebrate the topping out of Vita Student New Waverley, marking a significant step forward in delivering our third residence in the city. Edinburgh is home to a thriving student community, and this development will provide much-needed high-quality accommodation designed to support student wellbeing and success.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis milestone also reflects the strength of our trusted partnership with McAleer & Rushe, as together we continue to create outstanding student living environments across the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Design & build contractor McAleer & Rushe, together with Vita Group, have celebrated a significant construction milestone with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-428379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115212957723171694","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}