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This afternoon, TOWN's Delivery Lead, Richard Pender, will be joining ASBP and Good Homes Alliance for an online event exploring collaborative approaches to insurance and risk sharing, including discussion on Integrated Project Insurance as a procurement model. Tickets here: https://lnkd.in/eSkJ9YxB

Last week the TOWN team celebrated our 10th anniversary! It was a chance to reflect on a decade of key moments and milestones that have shaped our journey. Here’s a selection of highlights from the past ten years...

We're delighted to share that TOWN is working with Homes England to create a new cohousing community in Northstowe!   We are now in the process of building a group of future residents, who, through a codesign process with Mole Architects, will help to shape the new cohousing community. The scheme will include 40% affordable housing, together with a range of communal spaces and facilities.   Read more and register your interest in Northstowe Cohousing here: https://lnkd.in/eiMGVbEz

In 2019, TOWN completed its first built project, Marmalade Lane in Cambridge, working in partnership with Swedish housebuilder Trivselhus UK, landowner Cambridge City Council, Mole Architects and Cambridge Cohousing, a group of people who would go on to become the residents of this new development. Five years on, Marmalade Lane has carved out a prominent place in the dialogue around alternative housing models. It has been covered extensively in the press, featured in government policy and guidance, and has won over ten national awards. Over 400 households have signed up to its waiting list in the hope of living there in the future.   Over the last year, TOWN, working with social value experts at Greengage Environmental Ltd have produced a post-occupancy report - Insights from Marmalade Lane. In this report, we gain an insight into life at Marmalade Lane - exploring how the 100 adults and children who live there today make use of the shared spaces, resources and facilities. We reflect on how the design encourages sustainable living and fosters connections with neighbours, examining how the unique closeness of a cohousing community adds to resident's quality of life.   On Tuesday 9th July, we welcomed representatives from across development, investment, national and local government and the charity sector, to celebrate the launch of the report and tour the community with its residents.    The full Insights from Marmalade Lane report is available to read via the link below! https://lnkd.in/eWXUvu8d

We're delighted to announce that Angel Yard - a 34-home cohousing community in Norwich - secured planning consent today from Norwich City Council! 🏡 Archio Ltd https://lnkd.in/e3Bxx2dG

TOWN is hiring a Development Manager / Senior Development Manager to help deliver our diverse portfolio of work across the UK. Download the application pack here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/dBJzUdYY

TOWN is hiring a Development Manager / Senior Development Manager to help deliver our diverse portfolio of work across the UK. Download the application pack here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/dBJzUdYY

Exploring the appetite for a new, genuinely collaborative way of procuring construction projects... Join TOWN for a market engagement webinar on the use of Integrated Project Insurance (IPI) on March 7th 10:30am – 12:00pm, in association with xsite architecture LLP Architecture and IPInitiatives Limited. IPI is an alternative approach to construction procurement; a method of risk management that integrates the insurance for the whole project team into one policy. IPI is a procurement approach we are exploring through our Nile + Villiers scheme with SIGLION DEVELOPMENTS LLP and Sunderland City Council. The scheme comprises 75 new homes, for private sale and rent, with c. 575 sqm of flexible commercial space in Sunniside, providing a new place for people to live and work in the rapidly evolving creative quarter of central Sunderland. The webinar will explore how IPI fosters genuine collaboration, promotes fair pay, incentivises good performance, and limits downside risk for all involved. Join the conversation – we want to reach the whole supply chain from construction managers to roofers - and help us explore alternative approaches to delivering successful construction projects. Click the link here to register! https://lnkd.in/dxqDrEY8