In September 2025 we announced the start of a major new construction project for UPP as we reached financial close with the University of Exeter on the new West Park development – a large-scale, innovative Passivhaus scheme.
The new development at West Park will provide 1,849 new and refurbished beds and work is now well underway. The first tranche of students will be welcomed into the new accommodation in September 2027, with full occupation by September 2028.
Between now and then there is much work to be done and on this page, you can keep up to date with the latest developments. We’ll be sharing updates as they happen, including timelapse footage from the site showing the progress we have made.
Construction work began on the west side of the Streatham Campus at the end of the summer, with demolition now underway and we are in the process of demolishing buildings on the fifteen-acre Streatham Campus site. We are also converting accommodation in the Birks Grange Village complex from catered to self-catered.
So far, fourteen of the buildings scheduled for demolition have been completed, marking a significant milestone in the project’s early phase.
With thanks to our contractors, Bouygues UK, we can share this timelapse footage, showing the demolition of the central block at Birks Grange Village which took place in October.