Henry lands £115m east London apartment job

Henry has bagged an £115m contract to build a mixed-use development with 500 apartments (pictured) in Bromley-by-Bow, east London.

The job is for housing association Guinness Partnership, which is building a total of 900 homes on the Imperial Street site.

Henry will design and build the first phase of the scheme, which will feature around 3,600m² of community, commercial and retail space, as well as a basement and energy centre.

Henry will be joined by project manager and cost consultant Arcadis, M&E engineer Hoare Lea and structural engineer Waterman. The architect is Assael. 

The contractor won the job through a negotiated procedure.

Henry, which is based in Hounslow, is working on the second phase of a £200m scheme to turn a former barracks in Brighton in to student flats while in south London it is turning the former headquarters of Croydon council into 500 homes.