Hackney lines up regeneration bids

Five housing associations and nine developer contractors are being lined up by Hackney Council in London to compete for a œ42 million regeneration contract. The groundbreaking scheme will see the council pick a partnership of one contractor and one housing association which will then buy a piece of prime building land from the council for development.

The money raised by Hackney will be used to carry out work including rented housing, community facilities or infrastructure. The nine contractors will be chosen from Costain, Wimpey, Laing, Barratt, Hall and Tawse Partnership, Countryside, Lovell, Alfred McAlpine, Willmott Dixon, Rydon and DJ Higgins.