The London division of 聽Red Construction Group London has been appointed by Infrastructure Investments Ltd to complete works on the Willen House student accommodation project.
This follows the completion of 拢1.8m worth of enabling works by Red Special Projects.
Red will carry out an extensive refurbishment and structural alterations to a building on Bath Street, close to Old Street station in Shoreditch. It will increase the building鈥檚 height from six to eight storeys, taking the area from 47,000 sq ft to more than 70,000 sq ft.
It will also put in a new fa莽ade with high-performance windows and glass-reinforced concrete. Architect for the project is ECE Westworks.
On completion in the autumn Willen House will offer 208 bedrooms across seven floors, with two commercial units on the ground floor.
Mark Iori, managing director of Red Construction London, said: 鈥淒riven by growing demand, the student accommodation sector is a thriving, resilient market, and we are certainly seeing this influence our workstreams. The appointment of Red Construction London highlights the high standards delivered by the special projects team for the initial works, and how we create successful partnerships with clients like Infrastructure Investments.鈥�
Infrastructure Investments director Steven Gardner added: 鈥淒ue to the project鈥檚 prominent location in Shoreditch, it was important for us to partner with a main contractor that had extensive experience delivering complex inner-city schemes. Red Construction London鈥檚 track record, paired with Red Special Project鈥檚 quality of enabling works, instil certainty that the London team will deliver the vision for our Willen House project.鈥�
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