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Leighton picked for Indian convention centre

1 Apr 14 Leighton India has won a US$26m (£15.6m) civil and structural contract for an international convention centre and Grand Hyatt Hotel on Bolgatty Island in Kochi, Kerala.

The project, which is for the Lulu Group, occupies a construction area of approximately 69,000m2. The 250-bedroom hotel will include restaurants and leisure facilities as well as more than 5,600m2of meeting and event space.

Construction will start this month for completion by July 2015.

This is Leighton India’s second project in Kochi after the Tritvam residential project currently being carried out for Tata. It represents Leighton’s first significant involvement with the Lulu Group. Jim Salmon, managing director of Leighton India, said: “We are delighted to have secured our first project with one of southern India’s largest and most respected developers.”

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