New wins for Medlock FRB

Construction and fit-out specialist Medlock FRB has secured major city centre leisure projects on both sides of the Pennines.

Oldham-based Medlock has been awarded the fit-out of a new Fazenda restaurant in Manchester, and the conversion of a former bank into a cinema in Sheffield.

The Brazilian-inspired Fazenda steakhouse is due to open next month on The Avenue, Spinningfields. Two units are being converted into a restaurant with 180 indoor covers and outdoor seating for 50. The venue will create more than 60 jobs.

The project follows a successful 10-week contract undertaken by Medlock last year for a Fazenda restaurant in Exchange Square, Liverpool.

Steve Taylor, head of business development at Medlock, said: We are delighted to be working with City District Group on another of its Fazenda venues.

The finished product will be a fantastic addition to Manchesters vibrant restaurant scene.

For Medlock, this project further demonstrates our strong growth in city centre restaurant and bar completions, as our expertise as a specialist leisure contractor becomes more widely recognised.

Meanwhile, Medlock has begun converting the grade II listed former home of The Sheffield Banking Company for arthouse film specialist Curzon Cinemas.

The three-storey building on George Street will feature three auditoriums, a luxury 22-seat private cinema, a rooftop garden terrace for summer screenings, and a bar.

Medlock is carrying out excavations, underpinning, structural alterations, repairs and restoration work to listed building features, followed by an internal fit-out. The project

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New wins for Medlock FRB