2024-05-16T22:12:30-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149937221/luxury-uk-student-housing-is-on-the-rise-and-with-it-gentrification-fears Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-03-30T12:43:00-04:00 >2016-03-30T12:43:45-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/i3/i37xfdpwqiaspifa.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>"Students are the advanced guard of creating that activity, that buzz. They help make it easier to persuade other businesses and investors there is something going on here.&rdquo; Not everyone is convinced. [...] &ldquo;Universities are now aping the private sector by building this top-end stuff, so a lot of students feel priced out. You can&rsquo;t blame private companies, but universities have a got a different role. They should try to provide affordable options and not act like property developers.&rdquo;</p></em><br /><br /><p>Related on Archinect:</p><ul><li><a title="Viennese student dorms may Passively House refugees" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/139461710/viennese-student-dorms-may-passively-house-refugees" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Viennese student dorms may Passively House refugees</a></li><li><a title="Homework and Jacuzzis as Dorms Move to McMansions in California" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/27359669/homework-and-jacuzzis-as-dorms-move-to-mcmansions-in-california" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Homework and Jacuzzis as Dorms Move to McMansions in California</a></li><li><a title="New Philadelphians and the end of gentrification guilt" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/138339683/new-philadelphians-and-the-end-of-gentrification-guilt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Philadelphians and the end of gentrification guilt</a></li><li><a title="Those hipster millennials might not be the true gentrifiers of U.S. neighborhoods" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/130260144/those-hipster-millennials-might-not-be-the-true-gentrifiers-of-u-s-neighborhoods" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Those hipster millennials might not be the true gentrifiers of U.S. neighborhoods</a></li></ul>