Plans for 100 student flats on Above Bar Street in Southampton

7:00am Friday 8th February 2013 in News Photograph of the Author By Jon Reeve, Education Reporter

Que Pasa in Above Bar Street, Southampton Que Pasa in Above Bar Street, Southampton

MORE than 100 studio flats for students are to be created above a Southampton city centre bar and restaurant.

Work has begun to convert the former offices above Que Pasa in Above Bar into apartments, with developers hoping the project will be finished by August.

Park House, which overlooks Palmerston Park, will be Hampshire firm Unilife’s second student property in Southampton, adding to its existing building on High Street.

The company said it believes the new flats will be “perfectly positioned” to allow residents to take advantage of nearby shops and nightlife, while also being close to Southampton Solent University’s main East Park Terrace campus.

Sam Wilson, lettings manager for Southampton, said: “We are already getting enquiries from students looking to book for the 2013 academic year, so it’s really exciting to know that we will soon have lots more rooms available for them.

“Park House is right in the centre of town, with excellent links to everything students will need in Southampton, whether in their first or final year.

“Every aspect of our business has students in mind, from the in-house security and facilities to the all-inclusive and affordable monthly cost.”

The development will feature the option of five different sized rooms, each with its own bathroom, kitchen, double bed, dining area and Wi-Fi access, as well as full CCTV monitoring and onsite laundry facilities.

Comments(12)

elvisimo says...
7:37am Fri 8 Feb 13

How old is this news?

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-stiv- says...
8:52am Fri 8 Feb 13

Typo in title. £50 to the usual paypal account please.

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CharlieOxbridge says...
8:56am Fri 8 Feb 13

Hopefully these won’t be required after the education reforms when people realise that University should only be for gifted individuals and not the sheep that get enrolled today. Education has turned into a business and the high numbers of students are down to profits and not quality.

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userds5050 says...
9:17am Fri 8 Feb 13

CharlieOxbridge wrote:
Hopefully these won’t be required after the education reforms when people realise that University should only be for gifted individuals and not the sheep that get enrolled today. Education has turned into a business and the high numbers of students are down to profits and not quality.
I think you'll find we're living in the UK not China.

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Outside of the Box says...
9:19am Fri 8 Feb 13

Excellent,,,,I can get Brahms and Lyst in Que Pasa and walk upstairs to bed without having to pay for a taxi

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Mr. Cleanstreets says...
9:55am Fri 8 Feb 13

userds5050 wrote:
CharlieOxbridge wrote:
Hopefully these won’t be required after the education reforms when people realise that University should only be for gifted individuals and not the sheep that get enrolled today. Education has turned into a business and the high numbers of students are down to profits and not quality.
I think you'll find we're living in the UK not China.
If you visit The University of Southampton campus, you might change your view, it's China mate

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chavfreezone says...
9:58am Fri 8 Feb 13

Any chance of some affordable homes for locals? Not a chance. Still it will **** off all those dodgy student landlords who have left their craphole dwellings in a terrible state bringing down various neighbourhoods over the past 20 years.

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userds5050 says...
10:08am Fri 8 Feb 13

Mr. Cleanstreets wrote:
userds5050 wrote:
CharlieOxbridge wrote:
Hopefully these won’t be required after the education reforms when people realise that University should only be for gifted individuals and not the sheep that get enrolled today. Education has turned into a business and the high numbers of students are down to profits and not quality.
I think you'll find we're living in the UK not China.
If you visit The University of Southampton campus, you might change your view, it's China mate
LOL

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sotonboy84 says...
11:48am Fri 8 Feb 13

This story is getting old...

As much as I don't agree with landlords destroying once nice areas of the city with their third world hovels, the properties will continue to thrive as student lets. The new flats that are being built in the city are expensive to rent and will be aimed at wealthier students whilst the not so fortunate students will rent the houses in Polygon and Portswood and places.

Combined with this, once there is more available student accommodation, if it's affordable or not, the universities can expand even further and enrol more studnets and the problem you see in the city today will only get worse.

As CharlieOxbridge has said, universities today are businesses and they have money to make and targets to hit.

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cliffwalker says...
12:17pm Fri 8 Feb 13

Outside of the Box wrote:
Excellent,,,,I can get Brahms and Lyst in Que Pasa and walk upstairs to bed without having to pay for a taxi
Obviously not a student of either English or Music.

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hulla baloo says...
12:27pm Fri 8 Feb 13

cliffwalker wrote:
Outside of the Box wrote:
Excellent,,,,I can get Brahms and Lyst in Que Pasa and walk upstairs to bed without having to pay for a taxi
Obviously not a student of either English or Music.
I do not think it necessary to have a capital M on music. ;)

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SotonLad says...
4:24pm Fri 8 Feb 13

I'd rather lives near students (who can be noisy and inconsiderate) that HMO filled with thieves and junkies.

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