Property briefs: Manchester City; Russells; Styles&Wood
MANCHESTER City Football Club has started work on the second phase of its stadium expansion which involves adding 2,000 seats in three rows around the edge of the pitch.
Work has already started on the first phase – an extra 6,000 seats in the South Stand. Together the changes, which will be finished for the 2015-16 season, will increase capacity from 47,000 to 55,000.
The club also has permission to add an extra 6,000 seats at the North Stand, taking capacity to 61,000.
Commercial officer Tom Glick said: “We have always been committed to bringing fans closer to Manchester City, to the players and to the pitch. Whether that’s through digital innovation, community work, international tours, or as in this case, physically allowing fans to be right next to the action, it is our top priority. We are already looking forward to seeing the expanded stadium in action for the 15/16 season.”
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A 3.2-acre brownfield site in Crewe is to be redeveloped with a pub and a takeaway following works by Manchester’s Russells Construction.
Part of the former 52-acre Bombardier factory site off the Dunwoody Way in Crewe is to house a new Greene King pub and a McDonald’s restaurant.
Trafford-based Russells Construction has started remediation works and will install the foundations and service infrastructure for the two new buildings, including a new road layout. Greene King will start work on the 7,500 sq ft pub next month, as will McDonalds.
Andrew Russell, director of Russells Construction, said: “We are on site preparing the land for development with the installation of services and infrastructure to support the new occupiers, and in doing so regenerating a brownfield site. We’re also preparing the rest of the site for future occupation, ensuring it is oven ready for development.”
Sister company Russell Homes secured the deal with both operators and is currently marketing an adjacent 2.5-acre plot for food, retail, or leisure use. Russell Homes also brought forward a neighbouring site for residential use with Countryside Properties which is now building 143 affordable properties.
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FIT-OUT firm Styles&Wood has won two contracts worth over £2m in Dubai’s fast-growing hospitality sector.
The Altrincham business’ joint venture with Dubai Transport Company, DutcoStyles&Wood, has secured the £1.25m (AED 7.5 million) refurbishment of the Jafza Convention Centre’s food court, and a £900,000 fit-out for luxury restaurant La Cantine.
Meanwhile, in the UK the firm has been hired by Tesco to deliver a major refurbishment of an Extra store in Loughborough.
The internal and external works will include upgrading the store’s lighting, chillers, freezers and shelving, refreshing its car park, replacing existing signage and carrying out landscaping work.
