Mar City (AIM: MAR.L) the London and Midlands focused housebuilder is delighted to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Mar City Homes Limited has recently won a series of industry awards as follows:

The Society of British & International Design Awards

Mar City Homes' prestigious development in the Midlands, 'The Malt House', has been awarded the 'Best Residential Retrofit' project at The Society of British & International Design Awards. In this category entrants are judged on the success of a renovation and upgrading of an existing building. The shortlisted finalists in the 15 categories were drawn from over 30 countries across five continents.

West Midlands Property Awards

Mar City Homes development, 'The Malt House' also won the Regeneration Project of the Year at the recent West Midlands Property Awards hosted by Insider Media. The team not only found a new residential use for this former industrial building, but celebrated its manufacturing heritage in its design and detail. The development was highlighted as a great example in how to convert, conserve and create.

WhatHouse? Awards

The WhatHouse? Silver Award for Best Medium Housebuilder was presented to Mar City Homes for its industry leading modular technology producing sustainable and affordable homes in London and the Midlands, where in the last twelve months, Mar City Homes has commenced the introduction of its modular building methods across a number of new homes developments for open market sale and mixed use affordable developments.

Mar City Homes has also won the WhatHouse? Silver Award for Best Brownfield Development, for its Greenpoint development in Colindale, London, NW9. The £26m mixed-use scheme by Mar City Homes, using its modular construction methods achieving factory-controlled product quality and speed of construction allied with leading architectural design. The 102 apartment development includes affordable homes managed by Sanctuary Housing Association.

Commenting, Maggie Ryan, Operations Director of Mar City plc, said: "It is very gratifying for the entire team at Mar City to receive these awards in recognition of both the excellent standards of design we always aim to achieve as well as the modern methods of construction which we are now introducing across a number of our developments."

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