Work on the University of Bristol's new £500m Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus will get underway next month, after the university signed contracts with a construction firm.
Contractor Sir Robert McAlpine will begin work on the campus at Cattle Market Road, next to Temple Meads Station, which will be home to 4,600 students and 650 university staff. Residential accommodation on Temple Island will provide further living space for around 900 students.
The new campus, on the site of the former Royal Mail sorting office, will open in 2026 as a 38,000 sqm academic building home to the University's Business School. digital engineering research groups, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the Quantum Technologies Innovation Centre, and provide dedicated facilities for enterprise and community partners.
