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Lovell and Riverside begin £8m Liverpool housing project

Affordable property developer Lovell is ready to start work on an £8m, 70-home joint venture in south-east Liverpool with social housing provider, Riverside.

The scheme will see the development of 42 apartments for over 55s, 14 affordable flats as well as 12 flats and two bungalows for low-cost home ownership.

Lovell, which has an office in Birkenhead, expects the project to be completed in December 2014.

The site is opposite Belle Vale Shopping Centre just off Childwall Valley Road, and will create much needed new homes and offer apprenticeship opportunities through Riverside’s “Springboard” initiative.

Riverside’s project manager, Annette Dennett, commented: “The project is just one element of our much wider programme of regeneration of the Lee Valley area.

“We want to make sure that the accommodation doesn’t feel like an older persons’ housing scheme. This is a high-quality complex for people with varying levels of independence.”

Lovell’s regional director, Nigel Yates, added: “This scheme will create high-quality extra care homes providing older residents with the opportunity to live independently whilst knowing that help is available should they need it.

“In addition, it will meet the demand for new affordable homes for rent locally as well as delivering homes for low-cost home ownership, enabling local people to take their first step on to the housing ladder.”

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