Named after not one but two local Wallaces – the Wallace family who operated a market garden on the site and Margaret Wallace, a former MSP and Community Centre volunteer – Wallace Court on Kilmarnock Road was built for the East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership.
The facility provides 17 assisted living flats, three wheelchair accessible bungalows and an onsite staff base.
Designed by MAST Architects and constructed by CCG (Scotland), Wallace Court is similar to award-winning developments across East Ayrshire that Arc-Tech (Scotland) has supported in a near 10-year period.
Our in-house Renewables and Sprinklers divisions have been deployed across a dozen projects – contributing over 300 affordable homes – including three designed to an operational net zero carbon (‘net zero ready’) standard of build.
Councillor Jim McMahon, council spokesperson for Housing, Transport and Communities, was joined at the official opening by the leader of the council, Councillor Douglas Reid, local members Provost Claire Leitch, Councillors Alyson Simmons, William Lennox and Linda Mabon; Margaret Wallace, and Gordon and Elizabeth from Wallace Court.
He said: “It was a great honour to officially open Wallace Court by unveiling a plaque.
“Wallace Court assisted living development and bungalows enable residents to live independently and safely within the local community, with support from health and social care services, in an environment that promotes social interaction.
“The development was informed by collaborative working between the council’s Housing Service and East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership and has been genuinely life-changing for the people who live there.”
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