Work Starts On New Elderly Living and Care Home Development at Chatham Waters
Construction has started on building an innovatively designed, 75-bed care home, that will also offer specialist on-site dementia care at Chatham Waters in Medway, Kent.
The start on site follows on from a series of recent construction milestones at Chatham Waters including the completion of 237-apartments available for shared ownership and affordable rent, and the completion of a stunning new linear park with natural play areas, connecting the waterside district up to the River Medway.
The 75-bed care home will be delivered in partnership by specialist healthcare developer Montpelier Estates, contractors Apex Contractors Ltd and waterside regeneration specialists Peel Waters who are designing and delivering the wider Chatham Waters district.
The purpose-built, four-storey care home sits in the centre of Chatham Waters and will have on-site facilities to encourage socialising and community building within a comfortable, safe, and supportive space for later living. A dementia friendly bistro café, hair salon, cinema, and sensory rooftop garden for residents to enjoy and relax in will all be built within the development.
James Whittaker, Managing Director of Peel Waters said: “It is fantastic to see even more development in such quick succession of each other taking place at Chatham Waters, bringing much needed, quality, mixed tenure homes to Medway.
“We’re committed to creating a community for everyone at Chatham Waters. The level of thought and attention to detail within this specialist development to promote social inclusion, multi-generational friendships and community building is excellent and we’re proud to be working in partnership with Montpelier Estates and Apex to bring this high-quality offering to Chatham Waters.”
“This new development will bring with it a pipeline of new jobs, apprenticeships, and opportunities for our community. Construction and engineering students at the onsite Waterfront UTC will be able to work on live projects, gaining valuable skills and experience; whilst on completion the home will be recruiting for a variety of operational and care roles. It is a really exciting time for Chatham Waters and we are proud to be working with our partners to deliver these large-scale, transformational, waterside developments across our Peel Waters portfolio.”
Anna Ciesielska, Director of Montpelier Estates said: “We are delighted to be embarking on our second care home project with Peel Waters. Designing and bringing the care home to this stage of construction has been a joy; everyone involved in the process have contributed selflessly. We can now deliver a care home for the elderly residents of Chatham in a stunning setting, benefitting from all of the surrounding facilities provided by Peel, offering first class care and the opportunity to enjoy the lifestyle on offer.”
