Grove Village
Client: Harvest Housing
Location: Manchester
Value: £ 32,000,000
Term: 30 years
About this development/site: Grove Village is a
housing Private Finance Initiative (PFI) which is successfully
transforming a run down, inner-city housing estate in Manchester
into a sustainable, mixed tenure, well-managed urban village - a
place where people are now choosing to live.
The first housing PFI project to reach contract signing, Grove
Village Limited is the consortium delivering the scheme for
Manchester City Council. Partners include: Harvest Housing
Group, MJ Gleeson Group, & Nationwide
Building Society, now know as the 'Fern Consortium'
What we do: Following the construction phase of the project and successful dwelling handover, Powerminster Gleeson Service assume responsibility for the long term estates, management of the new and refurbish housing stock including
- Housing Maintenance
- 24/7 Repairs
- Grounds Maintenance & Cleaning
- Compliance Testing and Gas Servicing
Recognition: Grove received the Building Awards 2008 award for PFI/PPP Project of the Year. The award recognised the work of the SPV, which included Gleeson, in creating a sustainable mixed tenure urban village of "high quality homes that improved quality of life, safety and sense of community".
