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Bowmer & Kirkland breaks ground on Sunderland City Hall

Source: https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/

Bowmer & Kirkland has begun construction on Sunderland’s new £42m City Hall.The new City Hall is being built on the site of city’s former Vaux brewery site, spearheading a wider £500m regeneration of the city centre.Bowmer & Kirkland won the construction contract last month and is expected to complete in autumn 2021.City Hall will house not just Sunderland City Council offices but also public sector partners including housing provider Gentoo and the Department for Work and Pensions.Designed by architect Faulkner Brown, the building will span 190,000 sqft, making it more than twice the size of The Beam, which was the first building to be constructed on the former Vaux site.