RIBA Regional Awards - best new buildings in Britain announced

The First Base development Adelaide Wharf in Shoreditch was among the London winners in the ‘Mixed Use’ category. The L&Q home ownership team worked in partnership with First Base throughout the development of the scheme advising on strategies for sales and marketing, facilities management and design considerations. L&Q has been appointed by First Base to deliver facilities management services on an ongoing basis for all 147 homes at Adelaide Wharf.

Adelaide Wharf was the first London Wide Initiative (LWI) scheme to be completed in November 2007 and includes a sustainable mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments available through the LWI First Base tenure ‘Homehold’, for outright sale or affordable rent. The scheme has been exceptionally popular with all the key worker homes available under this innovative tenure reserved within three hours of going on sale.

David Montague, L&Q Chief Executive, said: “It has been very exciting working with First Base on this initiative. Adelaide Wharf is a brilliant scheme. It’s superbly designed and has affordable homes for a broad mix of people. We’ve built a great working partnership with First Base which we look forward to developing on our future projects together”.

Adelaide Wharf will now be considered for the RIBA National Awards which will be awarded on the 27th June 2008.

You can view the full list of winners here.

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