Bath Row Developments, which secured planning permission to construct a 233-bed student accommodation scheme adjoining Penryn Railway Station in 2009, has appointed Kier Living to be its lead contractor and construction has now commenced.

The £7.45 million development is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2012/2013 academic year.

This private sector development is being underwritten by University College Falmouth (UCF) and the University of Exeter (UoE), which share and jointly manage the Tremough Campus in Penryn.

UCF and UoE have developed this strategy in consultation with Bristol-based company, Campus Development Management (CDM), a UK-wide specialist in the student accommodation sector. CDM has also managed the tri-partite legal negotiations between Bath Row Developments, its funders and the institutions.

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The Station Road development will provide contemporary student accommodation for 233 students in clusters of between four and seven rooms, and in a small number of studios.

"The scheme will incorporate planted areas and green open spaces that will significantly enhance the visual impact of the site and utilise local materials, sub-contractors and suppliers as much as possible," explained Bob Pepper of Bath Row Developments. "All of the work on site is being carried out by Kier Living, who will be sourcing 85% of the labour and materials for the development from within the West Country."

The finished scheme will be managed by student accommodation specialists CDM, which will provide an on-site management team and manage the letting administration, security, maintenance, cleaning, laundrette, health and safety compliance, and IT services.

Students will be encouraged to use the excellent, subsidised public transport links that exist locally as well as a car hire club and the free bicycles that each student cluster is going to be provided with as part of Bath Row Development's green travel plan.

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