St Modwen gets £50m Swansea University student digs gig

DEVELOPER St Modwen has signed a contract with Swansea University to deliver an additional £50m of student accommodation and major new student facilities at the university’s new Bay Campus.

Birmingham-based St Modwen, which is the land owner and partner developer of the £450m campus, has signed a new student accommodation development agreement with the university
 
The agreement will see the development of 545 additional student apartments for occupation during the first quarter of 2016. It also provides for new student facilities including a gym and sports hall, student union offices and meeting space, launderette and crèche. 

Collectively, this will bring the total amount of campus space under construction to around 1m sq ft, including 465,000 sq ft of research, innovation and education facilities and 1,462 new student residences.
 
Rupert Joseland, South Wales regional director for St Modwen, said: “The development at the Swansea University Bay Campus is starting to take shape with many of the key buildings now well underway as the project’s first phase gears up to complete next year.

“This new campus development is a major highlight of St Modwen’s on-going 3,500 acre regeneration programme across South Wales and this latest agreement with the university is the next step in the vision to create a world-class educational establishment that will benefit students, staff and the local community for generations to come.”
 
Professor Iwan Davies at Swansea University added: “The facilities announced today will enhance the university’s composite offering for students, adding to an outstanding academic teaching environment informed by world class research.”