The London division of 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 £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’s 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 façade 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: “Driven 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.”
Infrastructure Investments director Steven Gardner added: “Due to the project’s 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’s track record, paired with Red Special Project’s quality of enabling works, instil certainty that the London team will deliver the vision for our Willen House project.”
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