Constructor completes £12.7m student living blocks

ERIC Wright Construction has completed an £12.7m student accommodation project in central York for McLaren Property.
 
The development, comprising two, four-storey blocks with 326 bedrooms, will serve the University of York, the University of York St John and a local teaching hospital.

Providing high quality accommodation built to industry-leading standards, the development, designed by Leeds-based DLA Architecture, is organised in a cluster style and took 18 months to complete.

John Hartnett, operations manager at Eric Wright Construction, said: “This high quality student accommodation is designed to help meet York’s growing student housing requirements.”  
 
Jez Conen, senior development manager with McLaren Property, added: “The development has been designed and built to a very high standard. The team at Eric Wright have been a pleasure to work with and we are delighted with the product.”