WYG lands Derby affordable housing project

Part of the disused Aida Bliss factory in Derby, which WYG has been appointed to redevelop into up to 80 new homes

City council eyes up to 80 homes at Victorian factory site

Derby City Council has appointed WYG to design an affordable housing development on the site of a former factory.

As part of its brief, the multidisciplinary firm – which was taken over by US rival Tetra Tech last year – will be required to incorporate the Victorian façade of the former Aida Bliss factory on City Road into its proposals.

WYG project lead Kate Paterson said the firm would work alongside the city council and local residents’ groups on the redevelopment.

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