Galliford Try selected for £32m Extra Care complex in Coventry

HOUSEBUILDING and construction group, Galliford Try, has been appointed to build a £32m retirement village in Coventry as part of a series of contracts worth £55.2m.

The group’s Partnerships business has been selected for the Extra Care project and also for two new affordable housing schemes.

The brief from long-term client, ExtraCare Charitable Trust, is for a new retirement complex at Earlsdon Park. As well as providing 262 apartments for sale and rent, the village will also include a wide range of health and leisure facilities available to local residents and older people in the wider community.

Elsewhere, Central Bedfordshire Council has appointed Galliford Try Partnerships as preferred bidder for the £13.4m Priory View development in Dunstable. The project will see the creation of 83 apartments for older people with assistive technology and integrated community and lifestyle facilities, including a café, health and beauty facilities, and hobby rooms.

Finally, in the South West, Partnerships has been contracted to deliver the Creechbarrow project as part of a successful bid through the Homes and Communities Agency’s Delivery Partner Panel. The £9.8m project will see the creation of 94 new affordable homes and additional commercial space on a site in Taunton, with 32 homes being built for Knightstone Housing Association and 62 for Taunton Deane Borough Council.
 
Galliford Try chief executive Greg Fitzgerald said: “Our Partnerships business is continuing to grow and these new contracts demonstrate the diversity of its expertise and its successful positioning in the market. Our track record in Extra Care in particular is burgeoning, and we remain committed to providing our clients with the high quality homes and facilities that their residents need.”