Construction started onsite at Avon Street student residential development in central Bristol

Construction has started for a landmark and sector-leading PBSA student residential development at Avon Street in central Bristol.

Designed for specialist student accommodation developer and operator Host Student Housing Ltd, Chapman Taylor’s proposals for Avon Street regenerate a brownfield site on Bristol’s famous Floating Harbour, adjacent to the forthcoming Bristol University Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus and Bristol Temple Meads station.

The development will provide 447 studio and cluster bedrooms, along with extensive communal amenity space, across three buildings arranged around an open courtyard and a standalone two-storey mixed-use Hub building to the Harbourside.

The distinctive architecture of the buildings, which references the area's industrial past, and the nearby historic railway buildings and structures, will provide a readily identifiable landmark for passengers travelling in and out of Temple Meads station.

Our design promotes a connection with the outdoors, to facilitate an increased sense of wellbeing for residents. Working with Bristol-based landscape architect Churchman Thornhill Finch, we designed the scheme around a richly landscaped courtyard, with the waterside communal Hub at its centre.

Chapman Taylor is part of contractor GMI Construction Group’s team delivering the project. Construction is targeted for completion in early summer 2026, in time for the Autumn 2026 student intake.