FIRM APPOINTED TO BUILD
HOMES AT FORMER HOSPITAL SITE
The developer appointed to transform the
former Kingsway Hospital site into 700 homes and
a business park has been announced. Kier
Partnership Homes has been chosen by the Homes
and Communities Agency (HCA) and Derby City
Council to take on the 10-year project.
The plans include 700 low-cost homes, which will
be available for sale or rent, and a business
park, which is expected to provide 450 jobs.
During the construction period, Kier will be
creating jobs and offering training
opportunities.
Kingsway Hospital was built as a Victorian
lunatic asylum and later provided mental health
services. But demolition began at the site last
February and the final stages are currently being
completed by Connell Brothers Ltd, a demolition
company from Salford, to make room for the new
development.
Patients were moved into a modern development on
the same site, built in July 2009 as part of an
eight-year project. Kier, along with HCA, Derby
City Council and other healthcare providers,
including the East Midlands Ambulance Service,
which currently works from the site, are working
together to minimise disruption to patients being
treated there.
The proposals outlined by Kier are contemporary
in design but the company said they were simple
enough to be in keeping with Derby's historic
architecture. (Source: Derby Evening Telegraph, Jan/12) |
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