Wates appointed to a £52.8m regeneration in Kilburn
Residential by Camden Council. The contract will include the construction of
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75 homes for private sale and 66 homes for affordable rent, as well as 10 wheelchair acces- sible adapted units, additional retail and commercial spaces and a 52-space underground car park.
hase one of the mixed-use Abbey Area Redevelopment in Kilburn, north London, has been appointed to Wates
Forming part of the council’s 15-year
Community Investment Programme, the new development will be located at Abbey Road and Belsize Road in Kilburn, and adds to improved services and new housing in the Borough. Paul Nicholls, regional managing director of
Wates Residential, commented: “Camden Council’s major investment programme sets out a very clear strategy for the improvement of
services and housing,” saying the strategy will be “integral” to its role in the new project. Wates recently completed £4m of enabling
works on the site and has now commenced the main construction of the scheme. The project is being delivered over a 98-week build programme. Throughout the project, Wates has made a
pledge to create training and employment opportunities for local people, as well as appointing local suppliers and sub-contractors.
140 homes for Great Western Park, Didcot A
ster Group has secured 140 homes at Great Western Park, a 3,300 property development in Didcot, Oxfordshire.
96 of Aster’s homes will be offered via shared
ownership, with the remainder made available for affordable rent. The homes, a mixture of one, two and three-bedroom properties, have been secured from Miller Homes and Taylor Wimpey via section 106 of agreements. Great Western Park, situated west of Didcot town centre, is one of the largest residential
developments in the UK. When it is completed in 2022, in addition to providing thousands of homes it will also provide three new schools, a col- lege, a nursery, parks, community centres and retail space. Martyn Blackman, development director at
Aster Group, said that the company is “focussed on delivering more homes, whether through section 106 agreements, land-led schemes or joint ventures,” and that it is “committed to investing £500m over the next five years in order
to achieve this.” Blackman told that Aster Group work “closely”
with housebuilders to ensure that “shared owner- ship tenure is made available to those seeking to get a foot on the housing ladder,” as it’s a “great way for many would-be house buyers to take their first steps into the housing market.” The scheme is located 1.5 miles from Didcot
Parkway railway station, with links to London Paddington rail station. Retailers for the develop- ment so far include Asda.
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