{"id":5716,"date":"2025-06-02T10:46:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=5716"},"modified":"2025-06-02T10:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:46:55","slug":"galliford-gets-sign-off-to-start-wigan-galleries-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/galliford-gets-sign-off-to-start-wigan-galleries-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Galliford gets sign-off to start Wigan Galleries job"},"content":{"rendered":"

Galliford Try has signed off contracts to kickstart the first major construction phase of Wigan\u2019s \u00a3135m Galleries redevelopment.<\/p>\n

The firm\u2019s Building North West business is pressing ahead with the \u00a339m new Market Hall and \u00a34.6m basement enabling works under the scheme now branded ‘Fettlers’.<\/p>\n

The work follows completion of initial enabling jobs and signals the start of full-scale building on site.<\/p>\n

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The Wigan Galleries overhaul is being delivered in partnership with developer Cityheart and aims to transform the town centre into a new mixed-use destination.<\/p>\n

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How the new-look Wigan market will look<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Later phases will deliver a six-screen cinema, a music and e-sports venue, a 10-lane bowling alley, indoor mini-golf, and a new hotel.<\/p>\n

The masterplan also includes 464 homes, a modern market hall, food and drink venues, evening entertainment spaces, and a landscaped public square for outdoor events.<\/p>\n

Galliford Try regional managing director Darren Parker said: \u201cThe redevelopment of Wigan Galleries will breathe new life into the town centre, creating a vibrant destination that will benefit residents, businesses, and visitors alike.\u201d<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/Hza2ioP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Galliford Try has signed off contracts to kickstart the first major construction phase of Wigan\u2019s \u00a3135m Galleries redevelopment. The firm\u2019s Building North West business is pressing ahead with the \u00a339m new Market Hall and \u00a34.6m basement enabling works under the scheme now branded ‘Fettlers’. The work follows completion of initial enabling jobs and signals the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-5716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5717,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5716\/revisions\/5717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}