WINNER PLACES FOR PEOPLE

摘要

Property management, development and regeneration company Places for People owns or manages more than 81,000 homes and has assets worth over £3bn. In 2012. the number of homes built by the firm has increased by 28%. from 496 in 2011 to 638, and the average sale value has increased 33%, from £ 163,000 to £216.516. Its operating profit is also up. standing at £22m in 2012. The company says that as a not-for-dividend operation, a major part of its work is the regeneration of areas that have experienced long-term decline and that its projects often require a long-term commitment to local communities. In the last year, Places for People acquired Touchstone, a company that manages over 20,000 private rented homes, and DC Leisure, the owner and operator of 101 leisure facilities.