BROADHEATH YOUNG ENTERPRISE CENTRE (Touchstone Housing Association)

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DEVELOPER
Touchstone Housing Association

LOCATION
Foleshill, Coventry

STAGE
Viability study underway, building work has already commenced

SCALE
8 live/work units within larger enterprise centre o­n mixed-use site, an old school

the old school site

TENURE
To be decided, probably assured shorthold

FUNDING
Whole site development funded from a combination of RDA (SRB and Regeneration Zone), Touchstone, Housing Corporation funding. Capital costs of live/work units anticipated to be £532,236 - £300,000 social housing grant, £58,000 subsidy from Touchstone and £174,236 of private finance

PARTNERS
Coventry city council, Bullocks Construction, then Advantage West Midlands/Regeneration Zone/Foleshill Regeneration Board as funders

TARGET MARKET
Young business start ups

Possible resident, community artist Barti

DEFINING FEATURES
Live/work as part of an all-embracing enterprise centre in a deprived area, adjacent to work units and training facilities

An in depth analysis of this scheme is available in our report Homes that Work

CONTACT
Liz Griffiths, Touchstone regeneration manager


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