Contractor Beard has started a £5.3m project to turn the former HM Revenue & Customs tax office in Bristol into student accommodation.
Beard is working with Stamford Goldhawk and architect Stride Treglown to develop the four-storey Norfolk House building into 4,500m3 of student accommodation that will provide 152 studio apartments with ensuite showers and fitted furniture.
The redeveloped building will also house an on-site gym, cinema and private study rooms.
Energy-saving measures include the installation of solar panels to the roof of the building.
Beard contracts manager Martin Courtney said:
“There is a desperate need for high quality student accommodation in Bristol and this hi-spec refurbishment will make a valuable contribution to meeting this need,”