A growing Derbyshire brickwork, scaffolding and drywall business has started building new homes at a six-acre site in Leeds.
Phoenix Brickwork, which operates from offices in Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, clinched the £2.4 million contract to help create more than 170 homes at Throstle Recreation Ground.
The company - which was established 10 years ago in Belper - will spend the next 18 months working on the £40 million housing project which is being developed by Wates Construction on behalf of Leeds City Council.
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It will feature 100 two, three and four-bedroom homes, 60 apartments – complete with communal areas - a hair salon and roof garden and 17, one-bedroom bungalows for wheelchair users.
More than two hectares of land on the Throstle Recreation Ground will be kept as public green space and a community football pitch will also be created.
Christian Watson, managing director at Phoenix Brickwork, said: "It is a pleasure to be involved in this important project for Leeds City Council working once again with Wates Construction.
"The project has created opportunity for local bricklayers and apprentices to join Phoenix whilst tackling the social housing shortage within the ever-growing city of Leeds."
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Regional contracts manager Noel Ryan added: "This is an exciting but challenging project, and our team is already working well to stay on schedule.
"In addition, the project is creating dozens of new jobs locally, which is great news for both the local labour market and Phoenix Brickwork. I look forward to seeing the development taking shape over the next few months."