Retirement plans in place for Galliford Try after £26m contract win

HOUSEBUILDING and construction firm Galliford Try has been named as preferred bidder to design and construct the Bournville Gardens retirement village in Birmingham.

The Extra Care Charitable Trust has selected Galliford Try’s Partnerships business to build the 212-apartment village.

The project, worth more than £26m, includes community and care facilities and is expected to start on site in June  with completion planned for the summer of 2015.

The village is the fifth that Galliford Try will have delivered for Extra Care, with the Hagley Road village, currently under construction in Birmingham, expected to be fully open in the autumn.

Partnerships has also now reached financial close on the 765 Finchley Road project in London on behalf of Housing Association Affinity Sutton. The North London scheme will see the creation of 80 mixed tenure homes and commercial units under a £15.8m contract.

Galliford Try chief executive Greg Fitzgerald said: “These two contracts demonstrate the excellence that our Partnerships business provides in the care and affordable housing sectors.

“We are delighted to be furthering our relationships with both Extra Care and Affinity Sutton and look forward to working with them to create the communities their customers deserve.”