Lovell is set to start work on an £8 million, 70-home development for social housing provider Riverside, at the site opposite Belle Vale Shopping centre in south-east Liverpool.

The scheme will include 42 apartments for the over-55s, 14 flats for affordable rent, and 12 flats and two bungalows for low-cost home ownership.

The new housing at the site off Childwall Valley Road will be completed in December 2014. In addition to creating much-needed new homes, the scheme will give local people opportunities for apprenticeship training through Riverside’s Springboard initiative.


Riverside's project manager, Annette Dennett, said: "The over-55s' scheme will provide a range of housing, from care and support for the elderly, to more independent living. 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."

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