Lendlease lands £350m Birmingham Commonwealth Games Village

By Jordan Marshall2018-11-27T11:09:00

Contractor was responsible for the athletes’ village for the 2012 London Olympics

Lendlease has been chosen to build the Commonwealth Games Village for the 2022 games in Birmingham.

The city council has announced that the Australian firm, which was the development and construction management partner for the London 2012 Olympic Village, has landed the £350m principal contractor role on the village (pictured above).

The development, which is located on the site of the former Birmingham City University in Perry Barr, will accommodate around 6,500 athletes and officials during the Commonwealth Games in 2022, and will be known as the Commonwealth Games Village, before being used to provide 1,400 new homes for the area.

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