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04/08/2017

Lagan Building Contractors Wins £35m Deal

More than 260 new apartments and townhouses are to be built in Salford.

Lagan Building Contractors have won a £35 million contract to deliver Phase One of the Outwood Wharf development.

A total of 263 apartments/townhouses will be delivered by the contractor as part of a wider £125m investment in the North West to deliver around 600 residential units over the next four years.

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Jon Adams, Managing Director of Lagan Building Contractors, said: "Phase 1 of Outwood Wharf is an anchor project for Lagan Building Contractors to demonstrate it's intent in the North West to strategically and organically grow it's business from it's newly established Regional Office in Manchester."

(LM)

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