Knight Frank’s Student Property team celebrates a strong end to 2025

Across a range of acquisitions, disposals and advisory mandates the team advised on over £600 million worth of transactions in 2025, trading over 5,300 beds nationwide with deal sizes ranging from £5 million to £71 million.

Standout deals include the disposal of The Stores, Glasgow, on behalf of Dandara, a scheme totalling 492 beds worth £71 million, as well as the acquisition of The Place, a 409-bed scheme in Nottingham, for £42.5 million on behalf of LGIM.

Merelina Sykes, Joint Head of the Student Property team at Knight Frank, said: “The strength of our activity in 2025 is a testament to the depth of expertise within our market-leading team, the trust of our clients, and the continued attractiveness of purpose-built student accommodation as an investment class. Looking ahead, we are bringing some very exciting mandates to market this year and look forward to building on this momentum throughout 2026.”

Knight Frank’s Student Property division provides clients with a comprehensive capital markets, valuations, and advisory offering alongside debt advisory, planning and land agency services, backed by industry-leading research and consultancy teams.

For more information, get in touch with our specalists here: https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/commercial/sectors/student-property/team.

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Notes to Editors

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