Student Accommodation
Dominus delivers London’s first 50% Affordable student housing scheme
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30 June 2025 –Dominus has handed over a 713-bed purpose-built student accommodation scheme to Scape, at Hammersmith’s 181 Talgarth Road.  This marks Dominus’ first completion for the sector. 

Known as Scape Hammersmith, the scheme is the first completed 50% Affordable student accommodation scheme in London, in keeping with the London Plan 2021. A nominations agreement in partnership with Imperial College London will allow for truly Affordable beds to be made available to the university’s students, contributing to the creation of education opportunities for students from different socio-economic backgrounds. This is Imperial’s first ever agreement with a private PBSA provider, cementing a long partnership between the University and Scape. 

To deliver the scheme, Dominus and Scape completed the UK’s largest ever forward-funding deal for the PBSA sector at £173.25 million. 

The completion of Scape Hammersmith follows Dominus’ delivery of a 400-bed Premier Inn hotel, one of London’s largest, to the south of the same site in 2024, bringing the developer’s total delivery at the location to over 1,100 beds.  

Both buildings were designed by RSHP, led by Ivan Harbour, known for his work on the iconic Lloyd’s of London building. Scape Hammersmith is the architecture practice’s first completed student accommodation scheme. RSHP worked with landscape architects Gillespies to design the shared garden courtyard and space for pop-ups and events. 

Dominus worked closely with main contractor HG Construction to deliver both BREEAM Excellent buildings ahead of schedule. Through its Community Liaison Group, Dominus worked hand in hand with local residents, enabling them to feed into the design and receive frequent updates on the scheme which was granted unanimous approval at committee. 

Elsewhere in the capital, Dominus is on site delivering more than 2,300 student homes in the City of London at 65 Crutched Friars, 65 Fleet Street, and 61-65 Holborn Viaduct. Outside of London it recently received consent for a 173-bed PBSA scheme in Glasgow and a 549-bed PBSA scheme in Bristol.  

Preet Ahluwalia, Chief Executive Officer, at Dominus, said: 

“Following last year’s successful delivery of one of London’s largest Premier Inn hotels, we’re delighted to have now completed our first student accommodation scheme ahead of schedule, providing much-needed homes for London’s students. 

These two best-in-class assets, delivered in partnership with HG Construction, total more than 1,100 beds for Scape and Federated Hermes.  

Our speciality sectors of student-living and hotels have become increasingly appealing to institutional investors. This milestone at Talgarth Road is testament to our continued confidence as we now focus on delivering our pipeline of over 3,700 student beds and 1,200 hotel rooms across the UK.” 

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