Residential Development - Hungate

Location: York

Main Contractor: Taylor Woodrow Construction

Client: Crosby Lend Lease

Architect: Severn Architecture

Package: Blockwork, Brickwork, Stonework and all associated items

Package Value: c. £2.5m

Crosby Lend Lease is involved in Yorkshire’s latest city centre development in York. It is set along the banks of the River Foss and within the ancient city walls. Hungate will include over 700 apartments and townhouses together with new public squares, community facilities, leisure uses, office units and a bridge over the River Foss. Taylor Woodrow Construction has been awarded the £25 million contract to build phase 1 which comprises of 129 apartments and 33 townhouses. Dig Hungate is the biggest excavation in York in the past 25 years and until 2012, York Archaeological Trust will excavate Hungate to reveal the rich heritage and archaeology of the past, whilst a new Hungate community is created. To find out more about the archaeological dig follow this link. Dig Hungate