100 student flats planned for city centre (From Daily Echo)
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Plans for 100 student flats on Above Bar Street in Southampton
7:00am Friday 8th February 2013 in News
By Jon Reeve, Education Reporter
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.
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-stiv-
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8:52am Fri 8 Feb 13
CharlieOxbridge
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8:56am Fri 8 Feb 13
userds5050
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9:17am Fri 8 Feb 13
CharlieOxbridge wrote:I think you'll find we're living in the UK not China.
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.
Outside of the Box
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9:19am Fri 8 Feb 13
Mr. Cleanstreets
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9:55am Fri 8 Feb 13
userds5050 wrote:If you visit The University of Southampton campus, you might change your view, it's China mate
CharlieOxbridge wrote:I think you'll find we're living in the UK not China.
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.
chavfreezone
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9:58am Fri 8 Feb 13
userds5050
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10:08am Fri 8 Feb 13
Mr. Cleanstreets wrote:LOL
userds5050 wrote:If you visit The University of Southampton campus, you might change your view, it's China mate
CharlieOxbridge wrote:I think you'll find we're living in the UK not China.
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.
sotonboy84
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11:48am Fri 8 Feb 13
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.
cliffwalker
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12:17pm Fri 8 Feb 13
Outside of the Box wrote:Obviously not a student of either English or Music.
Excellent,,,,I can get Brahms and Lyst in Que Pasa and walk upstairs to bed without having to pay for a taxi
hulla baloo
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12:27pm Fri 8 Feb 13
cliffwalker wrote:I do not think it necessary to have a capital M on music. ;)
Outside of the Box wrote:Obviously not a student of either English or Music.
Excellent,,,,I can get Brahms and Lyst in Que Pasa and walk upstairs to bed without having to pay for a taxi
SotonLad
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4:24pm Fri 8 Feb 13
elvisimo says...
7:37am Fri 8 Feb 13