Blackburn's £12.5m Albion Mill care complex finally open
A LONG-delayed £12.5million extra-care housing scheme for the elderly is now up and running.
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A LONG-delayed £12.5million extra-care housing scheme for the elderly is now up and running.
Flagship £12.5m care scheme set to finally open next month A LONG-DELAYED flagship £12.5million extra-care housing scheme for the elderly is now set to welcome residents within weeks. The problem-plagued canalside redevelopment of Albion Mill in Ewood, Blackburn, has been hit by coronavirus and its main contractor going into administration in December 2019. The project's original start date in 2014 was delayed and its opening, originally scheduled for August 2018, has been delayed twice after work was disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Now Blackburn with Darwen Council's adult so...
A PROBLEM-plagued flagship £12.5million extra-care housing scheme for the elderly is now set to welcome residents in April. The canalside redevelopment of Albion Mill in Ewood, Blackburn, has been hit by coronavirus and its main contractor going into administration in December 2019. The project's original start date in 2014 was delayed and then its opening was scheduled for August 2018 and then given a new one of December last year before work was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Now developer Verum Victum Healthcare (VVHC) has revealed it hopes to hand it over to the NHS and B...