[1] The site was formerly a cold storage facility demolished into the basement of the building and capped as a surface car park, which meant Carillion had to undertake extensive groundworks prior to construction.

The project was rendered more complex by its restricted city-centre location on a triangular site, with two sides bound by live railways and very narrow access via Pellett Street.

[3] On-time delivery of the project was achieved allowing the client to move in the students in time for the new academic year as planned.

Handover took place on a Friday night and the students began moving in on Saturday, two days earlier than the scheduled Monday move-in date.

Located on Pellett Street in the heart of the city centre, the residence is close to Cardiff Central railway station.