McAleer & Rushe has won a £42m student-accommodation job in Norwich.
The student housing will be comprised of 684-bed studios and shared flats with communal kitchens in Norwich city centre. The project involves the refurbishment of a 1970s office building called St Crispin’s House, which will also be extended upwards with new floors and a five-storey extension at the rear of the building. It will also feature 9,500 square foot of internal communal space to house a gym and study spaces, as well as an external courtyard with cycle docks and EV charging points.
McAleer & Rushe contracts director Mark Elliott said: “In delivering a facility tailored to the evolving needs and expectations of the city’s students, we will also be sensitively restoring and conserving a derelict building in a sustainable way for future generations. By retaining the existing building structure with a large section of the roof level designed as a green roof, this major new development will be a visually impressive and an exciting new addition to the city’s vibrant community mix.”
The Norwich project will be McAleer & Rushe’s fifth contract with client Global Student Accommodation. It is due to be completed by summer 2023.
The Northern Ireland-based contractor landed a number of major accommodation jobs in late 2021, including two major build-to-rent schemes for Legal & General in London.
In March 2020, the firm won a double contract to build student housing in Loughborough in the East Midlands, worth £100m in total.
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