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Student properties in the UK have delivered consistently
healthy returns over the past five years, according to the
first industry benchmark to accurately track performance in
this sector.
Total annual returns from student accommodation hit 13.5%
in September 2010 and average rents for investment class student
accommodation rose 2.2% across England and Wales in the year
to September 2010, according to the Knight Frank Student Accommodation
Index.
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The team at My Space Pod know that twenty-first century
consumers no longer simply demand cheap living space. Their
business plan gravitates around the importance of sustainable
accommodation, in a world where natural resources are diminishing
at an alarming rate, and the world population is constantly
soaring to new heights. They also know that the twenty-first
century consumer demands style and personality in equal measure,
and it is for these reasons that they selected the critically
acclaimed and sometimes controversial architect Will Alsop
to assist them in their vision.
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The college and university industry is booming. Ever since
the conversion of polytechnics into canonized universities,
and the development of a plethora of new qualifications, this
sector is expanding at an incredible rate. Not even the recession
was capable of restricting its growth. UCAS, the organisation
which manages all university applications in the UK, reported
that even more students applied for courses during those troubled
years, and the figures have no intention of receding. However,
amongst all this development and growth of what promises to
be a fruitful element of the academic sector, there lies a
significant concern. How can universities cope with the costs
of this incredible influx of students, without hiking tuition
fees to astronomical levels? The solution lies in sustainable
development and, namely, the use of space-efficient and affordable
accommodation units, such as those at My Space Pod. .Read
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No matter how many technological advances we make as a society,
we are painfully aware that mankind will always be at the
mercy of nature. At least one natural disaster will strike
our planet each year, and they usually occur in developing
countries, in which the means of disaster recovery are woefully
inadequate. Just as the world is changing, the ways in which
nations come together to provide aid for developing and emerging
countries must also change. The need for sustainable development
has never been greater – and the team behind the disaster
relief units at My Space Pod are fully aware of this.
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Often, the most significant barrier to developing new housing
is cost. Many schools are struggling to make ends meet, and
the idea of raising additional funds for new residence halls
or student apartments is daunting. A second challenge is timing.
No university administrator or planner wants the campus to
be disrupted by construction during the school year. But it's
unrealistic to try to confine housing projects to the summer
months, when fewer students are on campus. Read
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