Octopus Real Estate is part of the Octopus Group and is a leading UK specialist real estate investor. They commissioned Gaunt Francis Architects to prepare designs for this new care home in Blythe Valley. The scheme forms a key part of the new Blythe Valley Park. This is an established 2 million sq. ft. mixed development, strategically located in the heart of the UK and surrounded by stunning parkland and leisure facilities.
Gaunt Francis Architects as architects and lead designers conceived the building to meet the client’s vision of providing a distinctive and attractive care home that is both deliverable and functional.
Our design achieved planning consent for this 1.4-acre site, transforming it into an 80-bed care home featuring a café with terrace at the main entrance, providing a welcome public amenity close to the new Marl Pool recreation area. There are also resident lounges and dining areas, integral garden rooms, and activity rooms for the occupants to enjoy.
The scheme with the benefit of planning was sold to MACC Care, who have built the scheme faithfully to the original design and it now operates as a regional centre of excellence for living well with dementia.