BCEGI UK has been an equity and construction partner in the £1 billion Airport City project at Manchester Airport since 2013. The development will deliver 5 million sq ft of offices, hotels, advanced manufacturing, logistics facilities, hybrid and ancillary retail space. Working alongside Manchester Airports Group and The Greater Manchester Pension Fund, we are instrumental in offering development management advice on a pre-construction basis, on what is one of the biggest joint venture investments in the UK.

Meet Airport City Manchester

“Airport City Manchester is the first project to have materialised since our two countries signed an MoU on infrastructure cooperation in 2011. It is also the first major infrastructure project in the UK with the involvement of a Chinese company in the form of equity investment.”

—— Chinese President XI Jinping

“Airport City Manchester is the first project to have materialised since our two countries signed an MoU on infrastructure cooperation in 2011. It is also the first major infrastructure project in the UK with the involvement of a Chinese company in the form of equity investment.”

—— Chinese President XI Jinping

Ibis Budget and Holiday Inn Hotels

BCEGI has now started work on a £45 million project to build the first two hotels – a 280-bedroom Holiday Inn and 262-bedroom Ibis Budget, which are due to be completed and open in early 2022. This marks the start of the development of the new £180 million hotel district at Airport City Manchester.

The Holiday Inn will have twin, family, executive and accessible rooms across six floors. The sixth floor will have roof terrace for guests, overlooking the airfield. A seventh floor will feature a canopied terrace and crew lounge, which will look north over Airport City Manchester towards Manchester city centre.

The Ibis Budget Hotel will offer free WiFi and a breakfast buffet. It will have a restaurant on the ground floor. Both hotels will be next to the airport train and tram station.

Value – £45m
Estimate completion – 2022

Airport City Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge

BCEGI has now started work on a £6 million pedestrian and cycle bridge over the M56 motorway spur at Airport City Manchester. This critical piece of infrastructure features a 52.5 meter cor-ten steel bridge, designed by architects at 5plus. It will be a key link between the existing airport and future phases of Airport City, which includes a £1million sq ft campus for The Hut Group, the hotel district and a variety of office buildings.

It will also link directly to the airport’s transport interchange, terminals, and the wider Wythenshawe area via walking and cycling routes. It provides a new, iconic visual “marker” for Airport City, with plans which include extensive landscaping and accessibility, including ramps and passenger lifts.

Value – £6m
Estimate completion – 2020

Enterprise Way

Enterprise Way is a new, major piece of infrastructure for Airport City Manchester. It will help to unlock future development across Airport City North connecting the office and hotel development plots to the rest of Airport City and the wider transport network including the M56.

Over the next 10-15 years Enterprise Way will help to facilitate the creation of 1m sq ft of offices, 650,000 sq ft of advanced manufacturing units and 2,400 new hotel beds as well as creating 11,400 new jobs.

Work began in spring 2017 and BCEGI employed approximately 50 people on the project. The new roadway includes cycle paths and the verges planted are with shrubs and around 240 trees.

Value – £15m
Completion – April 2018

A538 Junction Improvement Works

BCEGI has constructed a new signal controlled junction on the A538 Wilmslow Road at the intersection with Sunbank Lane to provide improved access and capacity into the Global Logistics Hub.

Wilmslow Road is a very busy route and the improvement works required a great deal of interface with the general public including drivers, cyclists and pedestrians as well as the statutory authorities to ensure all traffic management works were correctly signed and details provided and published in advance.

Value – £5.2m
Completion – March 2018

ALPHA, Airport City

BCEGI has delivered ALPHA, the second large scale industrial unit at Airport City Manchester. The speculative 130,000 sq ft development consists of a terrace of six distribution units, each with first floor office accommodation and an external service yard. ALPHA offers units from 17,500 sq ft to 35,000 sq ft and direct access on the M56.

ALPHA is part of the Airport City Manchester Global Logistics site, which is 70 acres of land to the south of Manchester airport. It is planned the area will deliver 1.4 million sq ft of logistics space. The 37,308 sq ft DHL Express was the first bespoke facility to be opened at the Global Logistics site.

Value – £7.8m
Completed – December 2016