COMMERCIAL: Kier Property has been appointed as the preferred private sector partner on the Watford Health Campus.
The campus will include new hospital facilities, homes and a neighbourhood centre, as well as the opportunity to regenerate the area and create jobs. It will be delivered through a 50:50 joint venture between Kier and the public sector.
Jan Filochowski, chief executive of West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust, said: “We have been working hard to fulfil our vision for a modern general hospital for Watford and the whole of west Hertfordshire, so I am delighted that we have reached this important milestone in the Watford Health Campus project.
“The land around the hospital and the slope of the site has been challenging when trying to piece together the Health Campus ‘jigsaw’. The scheme allows parts of the hospital to ‘decant’, whilst other parts are built.”
Kier will be working with the Health Campus partnership to complete the financial and legal aspects of the agreement by December.
No comments yet