Cara wins Masonry package on Final phase of Islington

Contractor Morgan Sindall has awarded Cara Brickwork the masonry package worth over £1m to build the fourth stage of the canalside Ancoats development, which will include 106 apartments.

Ryder Architecture designed the scheme, which sits at the junction of Great Ancoats Street and Old Mill Street. The project will see apartments spread out across two buildings of 11 and 16 storeys. Of the 106 homes, 54 will be available through shared ownership and 52 through private sale.

The wider Islington Wharf development has brought forward 348 homes, ranging from one-bedroom apartments to four-bedroom family townhouses.

Cara have some substructure works early march with the Main works starting in May for 32 weeks.