The site, at 292-298 St Vincent Street, is being developed by Artisan Real Estate and Homes for Students with building contractor GRAHAM.

A vacant office building that was located on the site, empty since 2019, has been demolished and substructure works are now progressing following the completion of piling.

Once finished, the PBSA will include a dedicated reception, study rooms, cinema room, gym, roof terraces and internal storage for 160 bikes.

Summer 2026 is being targeted for completion. After that, it will be managed by Homes for Students, an independent student management company.

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David Westwater, development director (Scotland) at Artisan commented: “There is a demonstrable need for high-quality PBSA in the city, especially for individual studio apartments.

“The longer-term student market we are targeting will bring energy and investment to the city centre and ensure deliverability of a superbly designed development to replace the existing office block which had remained vacant for the last five years.”

Gary Holmes, regional managing director at GRAHAM Building North, added: “Now that GRAHAM is on site, our team look forward to bringing the development out of the ground, breathing life back into a currently vacant site.

“This will help to aid wider regeneration efforts in the city, helping to retain its reputation as an attractive destination for both local and international students."