Croydon council’s housing development arm, Brick by Brick, has appointed Henry Construction to build two new residential schemes in the borough, providing 230 homes.

The Hounslow-based contractor started work last month on Kindred House, a 25-storey mixed use scheme featuring 128 new one, two and three-bedroomed homes above office and retail space on the site of a council-owned car park next to the A232 flyover in central Croydon.

Planning was approved for the Pitman Tozer Architects’ scheme in June last year. Half the homes will be offered through affordable rent or shared ownership.