The 1-5 New Wakefield Street scheme is expected to rise to around 35 storeys and has been designed by Beetham Tower architects SimpsonHaugh & Partners.
The tower would stand adjacent to another high-rise student accommodation project: the 33-storey Liberty Living building, formerly known as Student Castle.
Unite plans the vast majority of the accommodation to be arranged in clusters of 5-10 bedrooms. There will also be a number of studio flats. Anodised aluminium is proposed as the cladding for the building.
The corners facing Oxford Road comprises of earthy red cladding to reflect the terracotta tones of existing buildings along Oxford Road.
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