Contract for Development Partner for Seven Kings Development and Community Hub Site

II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The London Borough of Redbridge (the Authority) is the freeholder of the site known as Seven Kings Community & Development site at Seven Kings Bridge Car Park Including Public Conveniences And 672, High Road, Seven Kings, Ilford. The site measures 0.71 hectares and is owned by the Authority. The Authority now wishes to appoint a developer to finance, design and build a community hub facility of at least 1,800m2 to the Authority's requirements (the Hub) on a parcel of the Site. Upon practical completion of the Hub, the Authority will enter into a 999-year lease with the developer to occupy the Hub for peppercorn rent. To assist with the viability of delivering the Hub the Authority will be inviting bidders (as part of the procurement process) to bid-back on a land value to acquire the Site which will then be transferred by the Authority to the successful bidder under the terms of the scheme. In addition to the development of the Hub the Authority will be requiring the successful developer to also deliver for its own benefit a mixed-use residential development on the Site to assist with the affordability of delivering the Hub in accordance with the provisions of a Masterplan and the Satisfactory Planning Permission. However, the Authority will not be specifying any minimum requirements or volumes that must be delivered on the wider Site in respect of the mixed-use development as the Authority will not be acquire any of these completed outputs on practical completion. Interested developers should be aware that whilst the expectation is for the delivery of a mixed use development on the Site (with a minimum percentage of which to be for Affordable Housing), subject to planning, alternative outputs may be delivered on the Site. Additional information: The estimated values in II.1.5 and II.2.6 represent the estimated capital cost of delivering the community hub only. It does not include the potential commercial value of the wider development opportunity of the Site. As such potential returns will depend on many commercial factors including (but not limited to) the performance of the developer and market conditions. Bidders should seek independent legal and commercial advice in relation to the potential value of the opportunity and the scheme as a whole. The duration of the concession stated in II.2.7 is the estimated construction period of the Hub. The scheme will also incorporate obligations to deliver development on the wider Site with within a period of 10 years. Further details of the scheme programme and property structure of the scheme are contained in the procurement documents.