Topping out ceremony for city centre student accommodation scheme

Create Construction and Niveda are to host a Topping Out ceremony at their Norton Street development in Liverpool on March 4.

Guests include representatives of the funding, design, construction, project delivery and subcontractor teams, as well as members of the industry press.

The occasion will mark the building reaching its maximum height, with the installation of the top level.

The accommodation project is situated close to both Liverpool John Moores University and The University of Liverpool campuses.

Once complete the new Calico building will offer 220,000 sq ft across two blocks of eight, 11 and 15 storeys.

The accommodation will include social areas, gym, laundry and ground floor retail units and will benefit from on-site operation, management and lettings by Fresh Student Living.

Bhavik Jayendrakumar Shah, director at Niveda Group, said: “The topping out ceremony marks an exciting milestone for the construction of Calico and we are thrilled to see how well it is progressing.

“Calico is an important scheme for our organisation and an exciting addition to Liverpool, where there is high demand for quality student accommodation.

“This innovative scheme has already proven highly desirable by both local and international students looking for the best student accommodation experience in town.”

Create managing director Adrian Tottey, said: “It is fantastic that we have reached the topping out stage on this project for Niveda and Fresh. Following intense ground remediation and UXO (unexploded ordnance survey) survey, the project is maintaining its programme and budget.

“We are extremely confident that we will deliver this prestigious project in time for September’s student intake.”

Blackpool-based Create recently secured a second student accommodation project in Renshaw Street, Liverpool for Niveda, due for completion August in 2020.