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Keepmoat agrees Sighthill programme

Source: www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

Keepmoat Homes has signed a deal with Glasgow City Council to build hundreds of new homes in the next phase of residential development at the Sighthill transformational regeneration area (TRA) in Glasgow.The £250m Sighthill regeneration is a 10-year plan led by Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Housing Association and the Scottish government. Under the next agreed stage, Keepmoat will be delivering 826 new homes – 628 of which will be available for private sale and 198 for mid-market rent via Glasgow Housing Association.Keepmoat, selected as preferred bidder for the scheme back in October, is scheduled to start on site in mid 2019.Part of the plans for the development is to improve the connectivity of Sighthill, in the north of the city, to the centre of Glasgow. This will include the construction of a road bridge across the Glasgow-Edinburgh railway line and a footbridge over the M8 motorway.