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Stepnell starts construction work on Midlands care home duo


Construction specialist Stepnell has kicked off construction at two multimillion-pound care facilities in the Midlands. Work is progressing on site at the £6.5m


The Gables care home in Hagley near Stourbridge for Cinnamon Care Collection and a £4.3m refurbishment project at automotive charity Ben’s Town Thorns near Rugby. Consisting of a three-storey, 57-bed care


home, including four luxury care suites for couples or those seeking more space, The Gables will offer dementia and residential care, as well as a choice of two restaurants, a café and a hair, nail and beauty salon for its residents. Each floor will feature dining areas and


lounges, large terrace areas on the first two floors and a cinema room on the second floor. Outside, landscaped gardens and parking will also be included. Due to be completed in August 2022


and designed by Harris Irwin Architects, the development will be finished to the high specification that is characteristic of a Cinnamon Care Collection development. The refurbishment of Town Thorns in the


Warwickshire village of Easenhall, meanwhile, is due to complete in December 2022. The project will create an additional 44


ensuite rooms, a roof terrace garden, and replacement of mechanical and engineering installations.


OakNorth Bank loans £20.2m for East Yorks care village


OakNorth Bank has completed a £20.2m loan to Park Lane Healthcare to build a care village near Pocklington in East Yorkshire. Lavender Fields care village will consist of


The project, designed by KWL Architects


will also see minor remodelling of various communal areas, external landscaping works, roofing and window repairs. A new shop, bistro area, hair salon and


a multifunctional hall space will also all be created. The purpose built residential, nursing,


dementia and respite care centre - originally built in the 1990s - is being renovated over four phases and will take place in a live environment. “Although working in a live environment


will present a number of challenges, the team is highly experienced in negotiating live sites and has put special measures in place to ensure the safety of employees, residents and the local community is maintained while we are on site,” said Stepnell regional director Adrian Barnes. “Areas are being decanted to allow


works to be taken over several phases, with disruption and disturbance to the ongoing operation being kept to as minimal level as possible,” he added.


Evermore kicks off £15m Astley View in Chorley


Evermore Care Homes has kicked off construction of its £15m Astley View development in Chorley, Lancashire. The 90-bed facility, which will open to


residents in early 2023, will be the first new care home to be built in the town for over ten years.


Spanning three floors, Astley View will


feature ensuite wet rooms with assisted- bathing facilities, light and airy open lounges and dining areas, with upper-floor terraces providing easy access to enjoy outside space. The care home will also include a ‘market


street’ with shops, a cinema, beauty salon, café and ice cream parlour. Special design features will “bring the outside in”, said Evermore, with a galleried café opening onto a corridor of trees through to landscaped gardens. The home will include the latest assistive


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technology, infection control laundry and high-specification assisted bathrooms, as well as wi-fi throughout, and TVs with internet access and video calling to help residents to stay in contact with loved ones remotely. “We are delighted to have begun work on our new development in Chorley. Our ethos at Evermore is to deliver the highest standards of care, while providing a lively and stimulating place for our residents to call home, so I’m excited to see our incredible plans for Astley View get underway,” said Evermore director Syd Coombes. “Every part of Astley View has been


designed with our residents’ care needs and experience at the heart and I can’t wait to see it come together over the next 12 months,” he added. Fortwell Capital has provided a £10.1m development loan for the new care home.


Caddick Construction completes work on £15m Vida Court


Caddick Construction has completed work for Vida Healthcare on the care provider’s £15m Vida Court, a specialist home in Harrogate, North Yorkshire that will welcome people living with dementia from across the UK. The 3.5-acre site will be home to 100


residents in eight self-sufficient houses, all with ensuite bedrooms. Communal and social facilities on offer will include a newsagent, coffee shop, private cinema and sensory gardens. Architects for the project were Leeds-


based Den Architecture with principal design services and quantity surveying provided by Projex Building Solutions, also based in Leeds.


a 72-bed care home offering full-time care and 24 close-care bungalows for married couples, partners or friends. Facilities will include an on-site licensed


café and bar, cinema room, shops, and wellness centre. All rooms will offer full ensuite shower


facilities and will be located at ground floor level, with many of them offering views across open countryside, with others into landscaped courtyards. The bespoke debt facility from OakNorth


Bank will also be used to enable Park Lane Healthcare’s future growth strategy of developing more retirement villages in 2022 and beyond.


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