Galliford Try has secured a £52.5 million contract to build a new student accommodation scheme in Coventry.

The company will develop the 922-bed facility at Paradise Street on behalf of The Elite Group.

Features include delivering a trio of three- 12- and 14-storey buildings on the site of a former garage close to the city centre, with an additional two low-rise house blocks.


Further landscaping will also be created including a recreational area for the students, as well as office and maintenance facilities for the proposed management company AXO Student Living.

Galliford Try East Midlands Managing Director Jon Marston said: "We are delighted to have won this contract and continue to build on our strong reputation as a contractor both within Coventry and in the student accommodation sector. We look forward to working with The Elite Group to produce high-quality facilities for the students of Coventry to benefit from."

The award comes with Galliford Try already on an existing major student accommodation site in Coventry, building a £47.5m 770-bed facility at Godiva Place.

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