PROPERTY


Vaughan Way Regeneration plans for Leicester


Morgan Sindall has been appointed to deliver a landmark £47m regeneration scheme in Leicester. The construction and infrastructure


company won a competitive tender process and is set to build a new mixed-use development, set over a four-and-half-acre site. The developer is Leicester-headquartered property group Charles Street Buildings (CSB). Plans for the site, which is located


off Vaughan Way, include two new hotels - one six storey and one ten storey - 35,000sq ft of office space, and a new public realm area, called Great Central Square. Works will be carried out alongside the regeneration of the former Leicester Central train station and creation of a new car park for the hotels and office, which CSB will undertake itself.


‘The extra visitor capacity is expected to bolster the city-region’s thriving tourism industry’


The new hotels alone will


support 60 new jobs, and the extra visitor capacity is expected to bolster the city-region’s thriving tourism industry. Alongside the mixed-use scheme,


Morgan Sindall is also carrying out a £3m programme of highway improvements to Vaughan Way and Grand Central Station Street. Leicester City Council has


commissioned infrastructure upgrades as part of its wider Connecting Leicester programme, which aims to improve links between key city areas. The work will see a ‘super-


crossing’ built over Vaughan Way.


YMD Boon completes primary school project


Local architecture and construction consultancy YMD Boon has announced the completion of the major extension to Thrussington Primary School, in Leicestershire, which has doubled the size of the former building. The £780k extension, which had an eight-month construction period, has


‘The changes have already made a great impact on both our staff and pupils’


provided pupils and staff with three additional classrooms, a group space, new toilet and staff facilities, as well as considerable remodelling of the existing building. The school, which previously had 75 students aged between five and 11,


has now welcomed a further 30 students due to the extension. Using its expertise in building information modelling (BIM), YMD Boon


undertook full project management and design services on behalf of the school. Shari Setayesh, Director at YMD Boon, said: “We are very pleased to have


completed the extension and redevelopment of Thrussington Primary School. It is fantastic to be able to provide 21st Century learning facilities and social spaces for young people to enjoy for years to come, we’re very proud to have worked on this project.”


Supported by the Government’s EFA (Education Funding Agency), the


expansion of Thrussington Primary School is part of the school’s growth and sustainability strategy. Headteacher Liz Moore said: “It has been lovely to welcome back the


children for the new school year and present them with the newly refurbished building and extension. The changes have already made a great impact on both our staff and pupils and we are thrilled to have a facility which we can be really proud of.”


business network April 2018 63 It will link the new mixed-use


development with the existing Highcross shopping centre, providing safe access for pedestrians and cyclists over the ring road. The majority of the work will be


completed at night, to minimise disruption to motorists. Work on the mixed-use


development has begun with completion expected by autumn 2019.


Sean Bowles, Managing Director


of Morgan Sindall in the Midlands, said: “Leicester is riding a wave of optimism and prosperity, on the back of a resurgent tourist industry.


Thrussington Primary School “We worked closely with the city


council to successfully deliver the Richard III Visitor Centre, which has helped maximise interest in the historic find. We’re incredibly pleased to be working with them, and with CSB, to deliver this landmark scheme and the programme of important infrastructure upgrades.” Leicester City Mayor Peter


Soulsby added: “The Connecting Leicester work taking place across the city has been vital in reconnecting important areas of the city, and the work on Vaughan Way is the next stage of that. “The city’s Waterside area will be


key in the next stage of creating business and office space, housing other community facilities, and needs to be better connected to the rest of the city centre.”


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