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29/07/2014

BAM To Build Residential Village In Oxfordshire

Building contractor BAM has won a £33m contract to construct a retirement village in Oxfordshire.

The 'Richmond Witney' village will include space for approximately 240 residents, as well as a restaurant, a gym, a swimming pool, a library, a shop and an outdoor bowling green.

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BAM will build a village care centre incorporating 60 registered care beds on the first floor and 46 assisted living suites split across the ground and second floors. This will also include many of the facilities for the development.

A northern cluster of 30 independent living unit apartments will be created, along with a southern cluster of a further 49.

Gardens will be used by the residents and also for growing fresh produce for the kitchens.

Work starts on site this week, with the village set to open by early 2016.

(CD/JP)

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