Urban Group’s construction division is putting up a nine-storey student accommodation building, to be called Straits Aire.
Demolition paves the way for Leeds student development

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Urban Group’s construction division is putting up a nine-storey student accommodation building, to be called Straits Aire.
Demolition work has been completed at a site in Leeds city centre to prepare the way for a £15m student accommodation development.
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A stunning new student accommodation scheme on Merrion Street in central Leeds has been sold to Q Investment Partners (QIP), a Singapore headquartered private equity real estate firm that connects residential real estate to capital markets, in a deal worth approximately £15 million.