BCEGI selected for major Middlewood Locks project

SCARBOROUGH Group International has selected Beijing Construction and Engineering Group as its preferred contractor for its 24-acre Middlewood Locks development in Salford.

Chinese constructor and engineering firm BCEGI has been working with Scarborough – owned by the McCabe family – on the design for the detailed planning application for the first phases of the development.

These first phases will comprise the development of about 550 homes, 29,000sq ft of commercial space and extensive new public realm, in the form of canal side footpaths and cycle ways that will connect directly into the city centre.

The  application was submitted earlier this month with a planning decision expected in before the end of the year.

This would then enable Scarborough to start on site in the first quarter of 2016.

BCEGI first entered the UK market through an investment in Airport City, Manchester, announced in October 2013.

The company has been actively pursuing further investment opportunities in the UK and in August 2015, announced its most recent investment in St Michael’s, Manchester.

Middlewood Locks received outline planning consent in March 2015 from Salford City Council to deliver a new mixed use community of around 2,000 new homes and up to 750,000 sq ft of commercial development space for mixed commercial uses including offices, hotel, shops, delis, restaurants, a convenience store and gym.

The development is centred on three large basins of the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal in Salford and is ideally located just a short walk from the central business district and retail amenities of Manchester.

The site has a gross development value exceeding £700m and is expected to create more than 7,000 jobs locally. The scheme is being developed by FairBriar International, a joint venture between Scarborough, Top Spring International Holdings, a Hong Kong-listed real estate developer in the People’s Republic of China, and Metro Holdings, a Singapore-listed property development and investment group.

Lee Savage, development director of Scarborough, said: “Middlewood Locks is a unique site with the potential to deliver thousands of new homes, jobs and a first-class business destination. The selection of BCEGI means that we are on track to deliver the first phases of the development and we are confident that this scheme will be transformational for Salford and its wider regeneration activities.”

Xing Yan, BCEG International Co managing director, said: “We are delighted to be selected as preferred contractor for Middlewood Locks and have very much enjoyed working alongside the Scarborough team. We are now looking forward to delivering the first phases of development of this significant and strategic regeneration project.”

Salford City Mayor Ian Stewart, said: “This is another exciting development for Salford.

“Salford is growing at an incredible pace and the international investment demonstrates this. We have worked closely together with developers like The Scarborough Group to create new jobs, homes and commercial opportunities and a bring large pieces of unused land back to life.”

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