Construction firm Kier has scooped new contracts worth a total of £107million.

The company has been appointed to deliver two significant schemes in London.

It has been selected to deliver The Fitzrovia, a commercially led mixed-use scheme on Tottenham Court Road for development manager, CO-RE, and by a joint venture comprising Stanhope, Mitsui Fudosan and AIMCo to deliver 1&2 Macfarlane Place, a residential development in White City.

The Fitzrovia is an 88,000 sq ft redevelopment project based 200m from Oxford Street. The six-storey scheme will provide eight residential apartments, 65,000 sq ft of Grade A office space and 8,000 sq ft of flexible retail and education space.

Offsite construction will be a key focus, the facade will consist of both ceramic and brick faced precast concrete panels, with glazing installed off site and craned into position as finished bays. The scheme has a large focus on sustainability, with targets of BREEAM Excellent, WELL Gold, WIRED Platinum, and NABERS accreditation.


1&2 Macfarlane Place launches the second phase of the joint venture's redevelopment of the iconic BBC Television Centre. The 151,000 sq ft project which will include the construction of two residential blocks facing Wood Lane, consisting of eight-storeys and nine-storeys respectively.

The project will provide 142 mixed tenure residential units, which will be managed by The Peabody Group. The apartments will offer a selection of London affordable rent, London living rent and shared ownership properties plus 2821 sq. ft. of flexible commercial space at ground floor level.

Liam Cummins, Group Managing Director at Kier Construction said: "We are delighted to be delivering on our strategic goal of market growth through developing our relationships with long-term blue-chip clients. These high profile wins not only grow our portfolio in the London market, but they also build on our technical excellence and experience in delivering large-scale mixed-use and residential schemes.

"In line with our clients' visions and our Building for a Sustainable World framework we welcome the opportunity to leave lasting sustainable and social legacies in the vibrant communities of both these projects through our off-site, carbon saving and social value approach."