The West Country division of housebuilder Redrow has celebrated the topping out of Vision, its £70m development in Plymouth. Construction started in 2007 on a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments alongside two-, three- and four-bedroom houses to Devonport. Shops, offices and a market hall have also been created. The site was the formerly Ministry of Defence land and has now been transformed into a new city centre community. Vision is home to 1,000 residents with 464 homes and a 42-flat extra care housing block for older people. Vision has also contributed to the South West economy with 50 contractors employed at any one time and, on average, 80 jobs were sustained and supported on a daily basis by Redrow. Section 106 contributions provided more than £3.7m towards education, transport and roads. The housebuilder also invested £700,000 to support the restoration of the Market Hall and Clock Tower which is now a digital hub. Redrow West Country managing director Nigel Palmer said: "Redrow is delighted to be celebrating the topping out of Vision and to have played a part a part in the regeneration of the city. Redrow has an ambitious growth strategy to strengthen our presence in the region. We're keen to find a follow-on scheme and there are opportunities we're actively looking at currently."
UK housebuilder Redrow has marked the completion of its £70m ($92m) city centre Vision development in Plymouth. The project is a collaboration between Redrow, which built the original vision for Plymouth as an industrial city, and local developer John McAlpine, who was behind the successful redevelopment of the former Royal Navy base at The development also contributed £3.7m to local infrastructure.