Project Description
Walkers have won the bid for 400-room student accommodation at a former Belfast Metropolitan College building in Belfast city centre Walker Modular will be working with O’Hare & McGovern who will be behind the £16m redevelopment.
The landmark building at College Square East has also been renamed as John Bell House, in honour of the Belfast scientist.
The project – the first major private sector student accommodation venture in Northern Ireland – is set to be completed by September 2016.
It will include 413 rooms, made up of 291 bedrooms and 121 studios. It will also feature a management suite and both indoor and outdoor communal areas.
Walker Modular will begin delivery in August.