348-home development completed by joint partnership
Blocwork, a partnership between Network Rail and property developer bloc Group, has completed its first build-to-rent project for Grainger plc in Nottingham.
The Barnum, a development featuring 348 homes located next to the city’s railway station, was delivered through the collaboration of blocwork and Grainger, a residential landlord in the UK
The pair now have plans to potentially deliver around 2,000 new purpose-built build-to-rent homes across various cities in the UK.
Richard Thomas, development director at bloc Group, said: “blocwork was created with the aim of repurposing railway land and buildings into sustainable long-term assets, and The Barnum has been a great project to kick the partnership off.
“As well as the partnership with Network Rail, we’ve worked very closely with Grainger and the contractor Graham to create a development that not only brings much-needed new homes to Nottingham, but also brings life to an area of the city that had previously been restricted to railway infrastructure.”
Robin Dobson, group property director at Network Rail said: “Combining Network Rail’s infrastructure experience with the private sector development expertise of bloc Group has proved to be a fruitful partnership, which is clear by the successful launch of The Barnum.
“Delivering developments through Partnerships like blocwork are important for Network Rail Property as we look to build housing and mixed-use regeneration across our brownfield estate in a way that can be accelerated and scaled across our portfolio.”
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