The University of Manchester has opened the first collection of homes at its new accommodation development.

Built on vacant land next to the Armitage Sports Centre, the Fallowfield student accommodation, named Unsworth Park, will be home to 1,122 ensuite bedrooms in eight blocks of self-catering student flats.

The first 729 rooms have been officially opened with the remaining 393 rooms being ready from December.

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VINCI Construction UK delivered the first phase of the project.

John Roberts, VINCI UK's north west regional director, said: "This has been an exciting project for our team.

"It's been an example of real partnership with the University to overcome some of the issues, but the work also gave us a chance to help the community too. We worked with local agencies to help local unemployed people by creating around 60 new jobs.

"The whole experience has been very rewarding and we're looking forward to completing the remaining rooms later this year."

(CM/MH)