Contractors appointed for £40m project

PDR Construction has won a multi-million pound contract to build a Morrisons superstore at a £40m development in Manchester.

Demolition work at the scheme in Openshaw is due to start later this month with construction on the Morrisons store getting underway later in the autumn.

The scheme is being delivered by South Yorkshire-based Dransfield Properties, with the new Morrisons store, built by Hull-based PDR Construction, being the anchor tenant of the development which will deliver a new district centre including car parking, further retail units and a health and fitness centre.

Dransfield Properties has worked in partnership with New East Manchester and Manchester City Council to deliver the project on an 11.9 acre site off Ashton Old Road as part of the wider regeneration of this part of East Manchester.

Andrew Malley, retail property director for Dransfield Properties, said: “We are very pleased to be working with PDR on our project in East Manchester and look forward to construction work starting on this important scheme which is a vital part of the wider regeneration plans for East Manchester bringing hundreds of new jobs to the area.”