Pillars’ £50m Preston apartments win green light

The Preston-based contractor said its “strong financial position” would help it adjust to market changes caused by the pandemic, after it reported a 23% drop in pre-tax profit for the year ended 31 December 2019. 

Main contractor Collinson Construction has finished building a 9,500 sq ft modular arts and music centre for Morecambe Bay Academy.

The developer is moving forward with proposals for a 600,000 sq ft industrial scheme in central Lancashire, after concluding a consultation last month.

The joint venture between Burnley Council and Barnfield Investment Properties has completed a 136-bed student accommodation scheme for occupation by the University of Central Lancashire.

Barnfield Blackburn, a joint venture between Barnfield Developments and Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, has started work on an access road at its Mill Bank Business Park site off the M65.

The £41m first phase of Lancaster University's Health Innovation Campus has been completed by Bam Construction North West.

The housebuilder, part of Hurstwood Holdings Group, has won planning permission to redevelop a five-acre site in Newchurch into 30 homes.

The firm has been appointed as the main contractor to build the University of Sheffield’s advanced manufacturing research centre, part of the wider Lancashire Advanced Manufacturing and Energy Cluster.

The Lancashire branch of the Flintshire-based housebuilder has started building its 72-home scheme off Garstang Road north of Preston and work is due to complete by 2023.