Keady Construction to build £150m Stockport BTR
Amstone Ventures has appointed the Kent-based outfit to build the 588-scheme on the former Sainsbury’s site off Warren Street.
Keady Construction, part of O’Halloran & O’Brien Group, has been selected as main contractor for the £150m No1 Knightsbridge in Stockport town centre, which has been in the works since 2021 and secured full approval last January.
The appointment sees Keady further establish itself in the North. The firm recently completed a 31-storey build-to-rent project in Leeds for Ridgeback Group.
In Stockport, work on No1 Knightsbridge is expected to begin in Q1 2027 and take two and a half years to complete.
The scheme comprises three blocks ranging from five to 15 storeys on the site of the former supermarket. It will offer up 295 one-bed flats, 270 with two bedrooms, and 23 with three bedrooms and a mix of BTR and private sale homes.
Blocks A and B, comprising 484 of the flats, would be delivered in phase one. The remaining 104 apartments in block C would come forward later.
Adnan Siddiqi, director at Amstone Ventures, said: “We were attracted to Keady Construction due to their significant experience in the residential sector and their philosophy on design and the environment.
“They’ve recently completed 31-storey tower comprising 399 high quality PRS apartments on Skinner Street in Leeds, which perfectly places them to move quickly onto our Stockport site, bringing that experience with them.
Kieran Dougan, director at Keady Construction, said: “No.1 Knightsbridge is a great opportunity for us to continue our work on landmark residential projects in the north of England.
“Having just completed a major private rented sector project in Leeds for Ridgeback group, I’m excited to add Amstone to our roster of clients which also includes Peel Holdings and L&G.”
Deloitte is the planning consultant for Amstone’s Stockport project and Leach Rhodes Walker designed it. Cumming Group is the project manager. Black Cat Building Consultancy is also advising.
The original application was submitted in December 2021. To view it, use the reference number DC/083694 on Stockport Council’s planning portal.
Good to know it’s finally getting into motion. Will be a fantastic transformation for this part of the town centre, which has been looking a little sorry for itself since Sainsburys put its shutters down.
By Tom
It would be far preferable for Asda to relocate to the Sainsbury site and develop the Asda site on both sides of the river. Asda is an eyesore and unfit for purpose, developers get to build along the river bank
By MJC
Too much traffic congestion in Stockport already. When and when are the supported living accommodation homes going to be built for the disabled. No strategy in place. People having to move out of area away from their support network as there is no suitable accommodation. It’s a complete disgrace and shambles.
By Anonymous
A shame a North West contractor wasn’t selected for this local project, hopefully local supply chain will be involved to support what is a great development to regenerate Stockport
By Anonymous
More flats and who can afford these. What about schools, doctors etc
By Anonymous
We all know Stockport has an acute housing shortage and is a long way short of having a 5 year housing land supply but 588 multi storey apartments, in the town centre is not really the answer. For example how will after market values hold up and how is hat value destroying vehicle, the service charge, going to be controlled and by whom? Moreover, Stockport needs family homes with gardens, not rabbit hutches in the sky!
By Grumpy Old Git
Very generously cropped renderings there, you can barely make out the M60 all of 50m behind the towers and the view is cleverly angled to avoid the Lancashire Hill estate. Still, it’s almost dim enough the hide the Peel Centre.
By Bored Engineer
Why are these buy to rent properties being built – local people would like properties they can buy and live in (preferably with a little garden) not overpriced rental properties owned by investors…
By Anonymous
Because anonymous @11.18 the system is heavily reliant on the private sector and they will deliver what offers the biggest possible margin for themselves, not what best meets the wider need.
By Frederick E
Looks alright. Genuinely looks alright. Much better than what is there. But need to sort out the pedestrianisation. I mean people will spend half their lives waiting for lights to change. Peel centre walkway needs expanding (like Crown Point Denton)
By AM
No mention of affordable options but as long as the developer has 20% profit margin that’s ok
By Anonymous
Destroying Stockport bit by bit !! Not enough schools, doctors, bigger better hospital, etc. but hey what’s that with mega profits being made
By Anonymous
That’s an absurd amount of flats for a town centre. Especially where it’s situated. How the heck are they going to get there cars in and out of that space. The whole traffic will have to be rethought. The lights only let 3/4 cars out before they change there. Unless your going to access from Knightsbridge which will be even worse.
By Amanda
Amanda, it’s a town centre. It’s precisely the sort of thing that should be being built there. The comment about cars misses the point that this used to be a large supermarket, so the number of vehicle movements would likely be much greater if that was still going and over a longer period of the day, and that because it’s Stockport town centre, people have greater access to shops, jobs and public transport options than if they were elsewhere in the borough.
By Frederick E
This will be a much needed improvement of the old Sainsburys site. I hope there’s scope for smaller shops, like cafés, hairdressers, barbers, newsagents, small convenience stores, etc, because all these extra people will bring lots of custom to the area. Asda and Tesco will double their foot-fall, no doubt, which means more jobs, which is also good. I know many are saying “what about cars?”, but what about them? Many can work from home and use the public transport as Stockport has great links to many surrounding areas. I just wish that each new project had to compulsory provide at least 1% for homeless to be rehoused, or for single people on a basic income to afford too, as starter home, as everyone needs to start off somewhere. With the new A&E just built in Hazel Grove, already patients line the corridors, so has this even been taken into account of all the 1,000’s of new residents moving to the area.
By RubyRubyRuby
Great opportunity for cleaners, furniture shops, etc. Great for Underbanks recently development too. Well done 👏
By RubyRubyRhby
Much better that they build these kind of places in town centers rather than destroying the precious green belt that Andy Burnham likes to ruin
By James
Rented property is badly needed.
By Anonymous