Bowmer and Kirkland have been selected as the main contractor for a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Bristol.
Canada Life Asset Management, in partnership with the University of West England, secured planning permission for the development.
Bowmer and Kirkland has been awarded the contract, for an undisclosed sum, to deliver 330 student bedrooms.
The project is designed by architect Stride Treglow.
The building is expected to rise from five storeys to nine storeys in a spiraling pattern, arranged around a central courtyard containing communal areas and study spaces.
The plans also include planting and soft landscaping to help achieve biodiversity net gain.
Works are due to begin Q3 2024 and are expected to finish Q1-2 2026..
It plans to be ‘highly sustainable’, targeting EPC A, WiredScore Platinum and BREEAM ‘excellent’ at minimum as well as targeting net zero carbon in operation.
The development is led by JLL, Canada Life Asset Management’s development.
James Ogborne, Canada Life Asset Management said: “We are looking forward to starting on site. The site in Filton is an ideal location to develop first class accommodation for students to live and study and we have worked tirelessly with the University to achieve this great outcome.”
Paul Smith, Project Management Director at JLL, said: “Bristol is unsurprisingly one of the UK’s most attractive destinations for students, owing to its leading Universities, fantastic nightlife and future employment prospects.
“But it needs to be able to house the influx of students that arrive every year in a way that’s sustainable.
“Canada Life Asset Management has plans to do that and help ensure that Bristol, and UWE in particular, will remain at the forefront of young people’s choices to live, study and work for years to come”.
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