Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community
Clarion Housing Group · Tendring and Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom
Projects / Built project
The Cocoa Works
An £80m transformation of York's former Rowntree factory into 279 apartments and shared community space.
- Developer
- Latimer, Clarion Housing Group
- Development value
- £80m
- Homes
- 279 apartments
- Affordable housing
- 30%
The story
The story behind the work.
Latimer completed the transformation of York's former Rowntree factory into The Cocoa Works in 2024. The £80m residential development provides 279 apartments, of which 30% are affordable, within a site that had stood unused for more than a decade.
The Joseph Rowntree Memorial Library has been adapted as co-working and meeting space, while a new pavilion provides a cafe and bookable community room. The record describes Clarion and Latimer's developer role and separately retains Henry Boot Construction as principal contractor. It does not attach a Russ Edwards project credit.
Credits
- Housing-association and developer case study through Latimer
- Clarion Housing Group
The practice