Contractor RG Group is hotly tipped for the job, which will rise next to Westfield Stratford City, but has still to get a start date.
Architect BDP designed the 952-bed tower that offer several roof terraces and a fully kitted-out gym aimed at London’s growing student market.
As part of the project, Unite will also help deliver a new station entrance at Stratford Underground to ease passenger congestion at one of the busiest interchanges in the UK.
Around 10,000 sq ft of commercial and community space will be worked into the ground floors, with a chunk earmarked for social enterprise You Press.
