July’s Development Partnership Forum was held at YMCA Black Country’s headquarters in Wolverhampton. This location is set within the city’s Royal Quarter, which is a conservation area being home to the iconic Victorian and Grade II listed former Royal Hospital. The quarter has been subject to wholescale regeneration since Homes England, acting as master developer, commenced site assembly of commercially owned land and property back in the late 2010s.
A collaboration between Homes England’s chosen developer – Morro Partnerships (formerly know as Jessup Partnerships) – and long term investors and landlords whg and YMCA Black Country will bring almost 450 new affordable, mixed tenure, multi-generational homes to fruition, alongside a 115 place day nursery and commercial space. A further partner is local charity All Saints’ Action Network, who hope to turn the former porter’s lodge to the Royal Hospital building into a community café.
Speakers included:
- Shelagh Grant, Chief Executive, The Housing Forum
- Rebecca Bennett Casserly, Corporate Director of Development, whg
- Anna Clarke, Director of Policy & Public Affairs, The Housing Forum
- Fay Shanahan, Corporate Director of Operations & IT whg
- Steve Bavington, Chief Executive Officer, YMCA Black Country Group
- Sally Cowan, Chief Officer – Places, YMCA Black Country Group
- Mark Laidlow, Head of Disposal – Central, Homes England
- Rob Lamond, Head of Strategy & Analysis (Housing, Property & Regeneration), West Midlands Combined Authority
- Chris Timmins, Managing Director, Morro Partnerships
- Dean Shaw, Director, BPN Architects
- Richard Lawrence, Director of City Development, City of Wolverhampton Council
- Aashish Vipat, Commercial Engineer, Wintech
- Tim Wade, Director – Delivery, emh
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