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Queensway Quay Marina was a Taylor Woodrow development of a former Ministry of Defence site. [17] [18] [19] Construction of phase one of the project, the Queensway Quay residences, just north of the naval docks, [20] started in December 1990 [21] and the marina opened between 1992 and 1994.
Taylor Woodrow Construction, branded as Taylor Woodrow, is a UK-based civil engineering contractor and one of four operating divisions of Vinci Construction UK. [4] The business was launched in 2011, combining civil engineering operations from the former Taylor Woodrow group and from Vinci UK - formerly Norwest Holst.
Taylor Woodrow was created from the work of Frank Taylor and his uncle, Jack Woodrow; Frank started building homes in Blackpool at the age of 16 in 1921. During 1930, the company relocated to London and rapidly increased its activities in the private housing market as well as entering the general construction sector as well.
Taylor Woodrow was founded in 1921 by 16-year-old Frank Taylor as Taylor, Woodrow Limited. Though Taylor had borrowed money to build two houses in Blackpool, as he was too young to form his own company, his uncle Jack Woodrow lent his name to the business. [3] In the 1930s, Taylor Woodrow diversified into building temporary hospitals, and ...
Taylor Woodrow was founded in 1921 by Frank Taylor and Jack Woodrow. They built a pair of modest semi-detached houses at 347 and 349 Central Drive, Blackpool in England. During the 1920s, Lord Taylor’s new company concentrated on providing low- cost, high quality housing in the Lancashire area.
View of Queensway Quay from the Rock of Gibraltar showing Queensway in the centre of the photograph.. Queensway Quay located west of this road takes its name. [3] In the early 1990s, Taylor Woodrow facilitated a £50 million development along Queensway, developing a hotel, apartments and marina complex at the quayside.
He was created a Life Peer on 27 January 1983 as Baron Taylor of Hadfield, of Hadfield in the County of Derbyshire. [3] [1] Lord Taylor of Hadfield continued to hold the position of Life President until his death on 15 February 1995. He died while visiting Taylor Woodrow's 3,500-home flagship development, The Meadows, in Sarasota, Florida. [1]
It also bought the UK operations of Taylor Woodrow Construction for £74m in September 2008. [11] [12] During August 2009, Vinci acquired a portion of the troubled contractor Haymills. [13] One month later, it acquired the French engineering firm Cegelec from the Qatar Investment Authority in exchange for €1.18 billion ($1.69 billion).