Works starts at Princes gate

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GUHG to start flagship development

Grand Union Housing Group (GUHG) has announced it is starting work on a multi-million pound flagship development which will become home to adults with learning disabilities.

The Princes Gate development in High Wycombe, which is expected to take around a year to build, will provide new homes for 14 people, with on-site support.

MacIntyre Housing Association, a subsidiary of GUHG, is working in partnership with Buckinghamshire County Council on Project Abode to replace the older, outdated and often unsuitable accommodation that these adults have previously been living in. 

The total amount that this scheme is expected to cost is just under £3 million.

Phil Mitchinson, the Group’s Director of Corporate Development, said: “We are so pleased to see work get underway for the development of Princes Gate. It’s been a long time coming but we’re delighted to be able to start the work now.”

Aileen Evans, Managing Director of MacIntyre, added: “The site will provide vital homes for extraordinary members of the community who have long since needed updated accommodation. We can’t wait to get started.”

GUHG is working with contractor Bramall Construction, part of Keepmoat Ltd, on the site that is to be newly named Grove Gardens.

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Picture shows: Aileen Evans, Managing Director of MacIntyre with Roger Webb, Families’ Representative for Project Abode and staff from Grand Union Housing Group and Keepmoat Ltd.

 Grand Union Housing Group

Grand Union Housing Group is a leading provider of affordable housing and related services in Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, managing 10,000 properties. The Group is ideally placed to create and sustain neighbourhoods across Milton Keynes and theSouth Midlands growth area.

Grand Union Housing Group also helps people to enter the housing market through shared ownership and Key Worker homes. Currently developing more than 150 new homes per year in partnership with developers and landowners, it is committed to raising standards of delivery.

The Group has three subsidiary organisations: Aragon Housing Association, which is one of the largest affordable housing providers in Bedfordshire; MacIntyre Housing Association, which provides specialist accommodation and support to people with learning disabilities; and South Northants Homes, which owns and manages 3,000 affordable homes transferred from South Northamptonshire Council in March 2008.

Aragon Housing Association: Winner LABC Awards (Central) 2011

                                         Finalist Sustainable Housing Awards 2011                       

South Northants Homes: FinalistUK Housing Awards 2011         

                                            Finalist Sustainable Housing Awards 2011

For more information please contact:

Sarah Walker, PR and Marketing Co-ordinator

Grand Union Housing Group

Tel: 01525 844557

Email: pr@grandunionhousing.co.uk

www.grandunionhousing.co.uk