Designed by leading UK architecture firm PRP on behalf of Trafford Housing Trust (THT), Limelight is a pioneering community health and wellbeing hub in the heart of Old Trafford. Creating one of the first of its kind, PRP designed a scheme which successfully integrates housing for older people with primary care and council services, whilst also providing a range of intergenerational facilities for the wider community.
Limelight forms part of THT’s vision to regenerate Old Trafford. The development integrates 81 extracare apartments into a single building containing a GP surgery and associated health facilities; space for the delivery of council services, as well as a library, social enterprise space, a community café, flexible event spaces, a 40 place children’s nursery, and sports and recreational facilities alongside the relocation of St Brides Church.
Limelight is one of the first integrated hubs to be delivered in the UK and is a model for future age friendly developments, placing older people at the very heart of their community. The concept of a multi-use building started in 2007 when THT commissioned a masterplan for Old Trafford to evaluate existing housing stock and integrate new built forms into established neighbourhoods.
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