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Galliford Try PLC

07 January 2013

 



GALLIFORD TRY WINS £100 MILLION MANCHESTER REGENERATION PROJECT

Galliford Try plc, the housebuilding and construction group, announces that S4B, the Equitix-led partnership that includes Galliford Try and Contour Homes, has been appointed as preferred bidder for the £100 million Brunswick regeneration scheme.

The regeneration programme will transform the Brunswick area of East Manchester, providing 522 new homes as well as new community facilities, including an Extra Care centre and retail units. Additionally, extensive infrastructure works and remodelling will be carried out.

Leading repairs and maintenance contractor Mears will refurbish a further 653 homes and provide ongoing facilities management services under the project.

Galliford Try Chief Executive Greg Fitzgerald said: "We are delighted to have been part of the winning bid for such a significant project for the city of Manchester. This award is a further demonstration of our strength in regeneration, and our ability to successfully partner with local councils across the country to deliver the housing and facilities that communities need."

For further enquiries:

Galliford Try -       Greg Fitzgerald, Chief Executive                                    01895 855001

                          Louise Mantio, Group Communications Director

Note to Editors

Galliford Try plc is a leading UK housebuilding and construction group. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and a member of the FTSE 250. The housebuilding business - through its Linden Homes brand - sells distinctive homes to the public and affordable homes to housing associations and local authority providers across the South and South East of England.  The construction business carries out building and infrastructure work across the UK with clients ranging from major Government departments through to regulated utilities and private sector companies. At the end of the last financial year to 30 June 2012, the Group generated revenues of £1.5 billion.

 

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