Managing director says developer is close to appointing first housebuilder to its 5,000-home development in Cambridge

Robin Butler

Source: Tom Campbell

Developer Urban & Civic has started to engage with housebuilders interested in building out the first plots in its strategic development pipeline of more than 20,000 homes.

In an exclusive interview with ΢Ȧ this week, Urban & Civic managing director Robin Butler said the developer was close to appointing its first housebuilder at its 5,000-home Alconbury development in Cambridgeshire.

Elsewhere, Butler said Urban & Civic would commence discussions “shortly” with housebuilders interested in the first phases of its 6,300-home Rugby scheme and start talks with housebuilders interested in its 2,500-home Newark development later this year.

Butler said Urban & Civic wants to establish “a benchmark quality” with its first housebuilder appointments on each site.

He added: “With the first few deals we expect to have a close working relationship with the housebuilder to ensure quality and design integrity.”


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