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Firethorn’s Poland House development in Stratford, east London, will provide 284 beds of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), 35% of which will be designated as affordable accommodation.
McAleer & Rushe has a £50m contract to build the scheme, its first contract for Firethorn.
Paul Martin, head of development at Firethorn, said: “McAleer & Rushe has a proven history of completing best-in-class PBSA assets and we look forward to working closely with the team to develop the site at pace.”
The project is due for completion by September 2028.
Poland House forms part of Firethorn’s growing Living portfolio, which includes PBSA developments in Hackney Wick, Stratford and Leith Walk in Edinburgh, and the office-to-residential conversion of One Bessborough Gardens in central London.
Firethorn recently acquired 5 Lloyd’s Avenue in the City of London, with plans to convert the office building into a high-density hotel. Work is also under way at a 138-bedroom hotel site in Sackville Place in Dublin.
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