Places for People scores top marks at HBF Innovation
Awards
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Places for People has scooped a prestigious
Home Builders Federation Innovation award, beating off stiff
competition from a range of private sector housebuilders.
St Thomas` School, an innovative development in North Kensington
where a state of the art new primary school was almost fully funded
by the sale of 69 apartments built above it, has been named
"Best regeneration partnership between a developer and the public
sector". The old building had fallen well short of current
standards, and the partnership breathed new life into the school as
well as helping to meet local housing need.
The Group was also Highly Commended in the Community Award category
for its work at Walker Riverside, where a dedicated Community
Engagement Team is working with local residents to help them shape
the future of their neighbourhood. Walker Riverside is a major £450
million regeneration programme which will see 1800 new homes built
over the next 15 years, and more than 5000 local people have been
involved with events in the last year alone.