North East luxury care home business Hadrian Healthcare is expanding into the North West through the creation of a £15m development in a historic market town.
Based in Gateshead, Hadrian Healthcare has developed a reputation for building and operating homes offering high standards of accommodation and care for discerning elderly people, with features more akin for five-star hotels.
The business, which was founded by entrepreneur and philanthropist Ian Watson, has been operating for more than 20 years, currently has Manor House homes in Leeds, Skipton, Gosforth and Gateshead, and previously developed homes, including its Manor House property in Harrogate, have been sold to new owners in record-breaking deals.
In July 2019 Mr Watson set a new benchmark in care home deals when five homes across County Durham and Yorkshire were sold for more than £100m to a fund managed by insurance giant Aviva.
Now the company has announced the acquisition of a new site in Penrith, which is poised to provide a base for a new luxury Manor House development, set within stunning landscaped gardens.
The scheme is also set to create scores of new jobs.
The new building will have spacious private suites, each with en-suite bathrooms and shower facilities, and residents will also benefit from facilities including a garden café, hair and beauty salon, private dining, outdoor terraces, an extensive activities programme, and a client concierge service, all designed to provide an independent quality of life.
The announcement comes three months after the company struck a land deal in Northumberland which will see it create a new £15m home in Hexham.
Plans are currently being drawn up for the site on Allendale Road, with hopes that construction can start before the end of this year.
Founder and chairman Ian Watson said: “Our proposal entails a capital investment of around £15m and underlines our commitment to remaining one of the Ƶ’s premier providers of luxury elderly accommodation and care.
“We are currently finalising our development plans in anticipation of submitting our proposal for planning permission as soon as possible.
“This is our second significant investment, after having recently secured another great site in the Northumberland Market Town of Hexham, and both of these developments will provide a combined total in excess of 160 new jobs within the area.”
The company’s homes in Newcastle and Gateshead both have an ‘outstanding’ classification from the Care Quality Commission, and the firm has twice been awarded Ƶ Ƶ Care Home Provider of the Year in the Knight Frank Ƶ Care Home Awards.
