Great progress on site at the Winchester Drive, Grimsby project
- New scheme will initially provide 60 extra care apartments in Grimsby as part of a wider partnership to deliver 300 extra care apartments
- Delivered by Morgan Ashley, a development partner, managing design, build and financing of modern affordable purpose-built housing and care environments
Morgan Ashley and its partners celebrated a key development milestone as it marked the beginning of the final phase of the external construction with a topping out event which took place on the site located at Winchester Avenue on the Nunsthorpe Estate.
Attending the event and taking a tour of the site was the Cllr Terry Walker, the Mayor of the Borough of North East Lincolnshire, representatives from Places for People Living+, North East Lincolnshire CCG & Council, Morgan Ashley, architects Melt Design, construction, property and management consultancy , Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) and the construction company Esh.
The scheme will provide much-needed accommodation to address the needs of elderly people in Grimsby through the provision of 60 extra care apartments.
Extra care housing supports elderly people to live safely and independently with easy access to social activities, in the knowledge that care is at hand when required.
“Keeping their independence is extremely important to most people as they get older,” explained Bev Compton, Director of Adult Services for North East Lincolnshire CCG and North East Lincolnshire Council. “Once complete, the residents will be people with significant care needs who might otherwise have been looking at having to move into a residential care home. Instead, each person or couple will have a purpose designed apartment with their own front door with a professional team on hand to support them with daily health and wellbeing needs.
“The environment and architecture of this new build will be completely geared up to supporting them to carry out daily tasks themselves which is something most people hold very dear.”
The state-of-the-art development has been designed by award-winning architects, Melt. The scheme will provide 60 apartments for older people together with communal accommodation for residents including secure landscaped grounds and parking.
The building, due to complete in the summer of 2020, will be approximately 5,250 square metres and will be accessible to residents in the region via an application process.