Laing O’Rourke is just starting work on the redevelopment of the new 11-storey building at 2 St Peter’s Square with a target completion date of January 2017.
Developer Mosley Street Ventures plans to spend a total of £80m on the new 161,113 sq ft building, which has been designed by SimpsonHaugh and Partners LLP.
Tom Higgins, who leads Laing O’Rourke in the north, said: “We have a strong working knowledge of the St Peter’s Square heritage development area, through our delivery of the Town Hall Complex transformation and Second City Crossing.
“This, combined with our use of offsite techniques and modern methods of construction, means we’ll be able to deliver a high quality scheme far more efficiently and with minimal disruption to the city centre.”