Interest in Birmingham's Gun Quarter for student accommodation developments is showing no signs of slowing down as new plans are brought forward to build more than 500 bedrooms.
The project would see the demolition of a series of disused factory buildings on land bounded by Cliveland Street and the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal north of the city centre, known collectively as the former Globe Works.
The buildings date back to the mid-1900s but are set to make way for a new development of five to ten storeys containing 520 bedrooms in shared flats, 88 "twodios" with two bedrooms and shared facilities and 176 en suite studios.
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Plans have been designed by London-based architecture practice TP Bennett on behalf of Solihull-based project management company Fielding and Beaumont.
The scheme would also include space for 60 bikes but there will be no parking for cars.
Like many other student accommodation projects, both in the Gun Quarter and the halls will be privately run rather than being tied to one university.
However, they are likely to attract students studying at the nearby Aston University campus and Birmingham City University's burgeoning new campus in Curzon Street.
Oxford-based management and operation company CRM Students is likely to run the development once completed, joining its three other sites in the city - Kensington House and Bristol Street Houses in the city centre and Selly Oak Court.
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A design statement prepared by TP Bennett said the application site comprised a mix of semi-derelict former industrial buildings dating from the mid-20th century onwards but historically the plot was home to the manufacture of iron hinges at the end of the 1800s.
The application site is not within a conservation area and none of the current buildings on the plot are listed.
It has been subject to several applications over the past few years including plans lodged in 2009 to build accommodation for up 456 students and an ancillary theatre.
Other student projects in the Gun Quarter include plans by London company Knightsbridge to demolish a former oil factory on the corner of Bagot Street and Legge Street to
Among the other student blocks in the quarter are Studios 51, the new Penworks, Sanctuary's complex in Bagot Street and Unite's the Heights.