

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
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

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


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



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



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 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



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


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



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



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 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

