Springfield Healthcare Group to create 100 York jobs with £7m care village

A care provider is set to create 100 jobs in Yorkshire after receiving the greenlight for a new £7m care village.

Leeds-based Springfield Healthcare Group has chosen the former Terry’s Confectionery Works site in York for the development, which comprises eight apartments and 82 care suites.

Springfield has the backing of Business Growth Fund (BGF), which is providing an additional £2.2m in funding. The remaining costs will be met via an increased lending facility from HSBC worth in excess of £5m.

Springfield CEO Graeme Lee said: “Springfield has a real vision and passion for this building that will put older people at the forefront of development for once.

“It provides a unique opportunity to offer innovative dementia care in an exciting environment that will resonate with elderly residents.”

He added: “We want to transform the way people think about care homes and set a new benchmark for care environments moving forward.”

A two-floor covered market square complete with a new mezzanine is set to form the centrepiece of the 90-year-old building.

Architecture firm Archial Norr, which has a practice in Leeds, has been appointed to work on the project, along with York-based contractor Simpsons, Ward Hadaway Solicitors, Sagars Accountants, Williams Property Consultants, Park Place Corporate Finance, legal services provider Squire Patton Boggs and project management firm Turner Townsend.

Tony Whetham, an architect with Archial Norr, commented: “The building was in a terrible state of repair and needed someone with vision and determination to create a viable commercial use for it.”

Springfield Healthcare Group is responsible for a number of Yorkshire developments, including Seacroft Grange Care Village in East Leeds.