Contractor will build 522-home scheme in Brunswick area of Manchester

Greg Fitzgerald

A Galliford Try joint venture has reached financial close on a £100m regeneration scheme in Brunswick, east Manchester.

The contractor is part of the S4B joint venture, which also includes Contour Homes.

Galliford Try will build 522 homes, an extra care centre and retail units, with work starting early in the New Year.

Galliford Try chief executive Greg Fitzgerald stated: “We are very pleased to reach agreement with Manchester City Council, our consortium partners and other project stakeholders to secure what will be an important regeneration project for Greater Manchester.

“S4B is already well advanced in its planning for the project, and we look forward to formal commencement of works early in 2014.”