Hat Box development brings 500 new jobs

UP to 500 jobs will be created when Scarborough Group International opens a new office in Manchester ahead of the sales launch of its £30m Hat Box  scheme.

The jobs will follow the company’s arrival with new staff assisting with the development and sales of the 144 new homes in the Hat Box at New Islington.

There will be vacancies in a construction team based at New Islington, a sales team based in the new show apartment which is opening later this summer in addtion to the team already based in the Manchester office at Castlefield.

Leading the residential sales team is Scarborough’s sales and marketing director is Nicola Wallis, who joined the the company last year in preparation for the group-‘s pipeline of more than 2,000 new homes in the city.

She said: “The Hat Box will provide 144 fantastic new homes adjacent to Milliners Wharf, in the popular residential area of New Islington, creating around 500 jobs for the local area.

“The apartments will be light, airy, and spacious, completed to a high specification and most will have a balcony or private terrace.  The Hat Box will have excellent facilities including a sky garden, secure parking and bicycle stores and is ideally located close to the Metrolink and within walking distance of the city centre.

“We have been overwhelmed by the level of sales enquiries we have received to date and we are really looking forward to launching our new show apartment this summer when the apartments will be available for sale.”

Managing director of Scarborough Group International Simon McCabe added: “We are thrilled to be delivering this high-quality, residential scheme in one of the UK’s most vibrant, cosmopolitan and progressive cities.

“By launching a Scarborough office in Manchester and with a development pipeline of £700m, we’ve demonstrated our commitment to deliver new homes in a dynamic city where there is strong demand for good quality housing.”