{"id":103219,"date":"2022-01-05T10:28:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T10:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=103219"},"modified":"2022-01-05T10:28:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T10:28:15","slug":"senior-living-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/senior-living-development\/103219\/","title":{"rendered":"Farrans Construction wins \u00a350m senior living development contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.farrans.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Farrans Construction<\/a> has been awarded the contract to build a new \u00a350m senior living development in Bedfordshire, England<\/h2>\n<h3>The senior living development will be built on the site of a former leisure centre in Flitwick, and will include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A 72-bed care home<\/li>\n<li>8-bed short stay unit<\/li>\n<li>88 independent living apartments for over 55\u2019s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The core building is designed by architects <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverandrobb.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oliver and Robb<\/a> and will meet dementia-friendly guidelines and the best of Passivhaus energy performance standards, to deliver the healthiest of environments and help reduce the Council\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/energy-efficiency-procurement\/98572\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">energy demands<\/a> in the future.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Future-proof, high quality residential facilities for older people\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Cathal Montague, regional director at Farrans, said: \u201cWe are looking forward to beginning work on site in early 2022 and continuing to build on our strong relationship with Central Bedfordshire Council, as they progress with the agenda to deliver future-proof, high quality residential facilities for older people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have recently started construction on Marigold House in Leighton Buzzard and we are approaching completion on Hendon Hall for Signature Living.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur team will be bringing our expertise and knowledge of the senior living sector to Steppingley Road older persons\u2019 village, meeting dementia-friendly guidelines and incorporating the highest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/architecture-safety-sustainability\/97282\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">standards of sustainability<\/a> to achieve Passivhaus accreditation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Significant health benefits and more manageable social care costs\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Cllr David Shelvey, executive member for Corporate Resources said: \u201cOur housing stock needs to work for everybody, and this older person\u2019s village is a huge step forward in delivering our ambition to deliver variety in housing choice. I am looking forward to the moment when the development is opened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know there is strong demand for healthy and safe later life living with people looking to live in supportive communities with good access to community facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis new community offers significant health benefits and more manageable social care costs. More than this, these vibrant communities will help people to remain independent for longer and enjoy their later years to the full.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Work onsite is due to start in February 2022 with the care home and independent living apartments due to complete in Autumn 2023.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farrans Construction has been awarded the contract to build a new \u00a350m senior living development in Bedfordshire, England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[24813,676,997],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building-contracts","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-development"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Farrans Construction wins \u00a350m senior living development contract<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Farrans Construction has been awarded the contract to build a new \u00a350m senior living development in Bedfordshire, England\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/senior-living-development\/103219\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Farrans Construction wins \u00a350m senior living development contract\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Farrans Construction has been awarded the contract to build a new \u00a350m senior living development in Bedfordshire, England\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/senior-living-development\/103219\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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