Building Business

Demolition and site setup are progressing as scheduled on Rialto House, which has planning permission to deliver 275 Purpose built student accommodation bedrooms. The previous Mecca Bingo building has been almost completely demolished now.

Enabling works are progressing as scheduled on the Fairfax, in Manchester, which has planning permission to deliver 488 Built-to-Rent apartments. The previous building on site has almost been completely demolished.

Olympian Homes has completed a forward funding deal with Round Hill Capital for the delivery of 488 luxury Built-to-Rent apartments in central Manchester for £165m. RG Construction has been awarded the construction contract and is due to start on site in August 2022 with completion targeted for Spring 2025.

Olympian Homes organised a 60’s Music Festival fundraising event on the 9th July this year to raise money for The Royal Marines Charity and Adaptive Grand Slam (AGS) Charity. The event was attended by over 400 people who, through their donations and participation in an auction, raised over £55,000 for the charities.

Nottingham City Council has resolved to grant detailed planning permission, subject to S106, for 790 PBSA units and 19 affordable houses following a positive decision by the planning committee on June 22nd. The development will include a Café & Co-Working Space, Study Space, Games Area including Table Tennis, Air Hockey, Fussball and Shuffleboard, Private Dining, Gym, Yoga Studio, Cinema Room, Gaming Booth and a Garden Terrace.

A planning application was submitted to The London Borough of Tower Hamlets in April 2022. The proposed development will provide 795 co-living studios in a 46-storey building with associated support facilities, including kitchen, living, dining amenity spaces, lower floor community amenity areas, co-working spaces, café, cinema and gym, and upper floor sky lounge amenity spaces, winter gardens and external roof terrace areas.The proposals also include extensive amendments to the public realm and external amenity space within the site.

In November 2021 Martin Hewitt set off from Hercules Inlet with record-breaking polar explorer Louis Rudd (Director of Expeditions at Shackleton) towards the South Pole on the Olympian Homes sponsored expedition. In a truly astonishing feat of physical and mental endurance, Martin skied over the most inhospitable environment on the planet, across extremely challenging terrain, in sub-zero temperatures and with one fully functioning arm.

In November 2021 The Sir Donald Gosling Sword of Honour was presented to Mark Slatter, Chairman of Olympian Homes, at The Royal Marines Charity ‘London Dinner 2021’. The sword is presented annually to the business that has provided the most significant support to RMA – The Royal Marines Charity over the previous 12 months.