Mansell wins £18m student accommodation deal

Mansell has been awarded an £18m contract to design and construct 230 new student accommodation units at the corner of Lavington Street and Great Suffolk Street, London, SE1 for the Unite Group.

The accommodation will be constructed across two blocks. The first six-storey block will include 102 modular units, manufactured by Unite at its plant in Stroud, plus 3,584ft² of commercial space at ground floor level. There will be a brick façade to the front elevation and render to the rear and retail / commercial areas on the ground floor.

The second block will comprise 128 traditionally constructed studios and one bedroom flats in a 13-storey tower. The tower will be clad in unitised anodised aluminium and will include a roof level pavilion and terrace.

Construction has just started on site and will be completed by the end of August 2010.