The Olympic Park Legacy Company has announced its final shortlist to develop Chobham Manor, the first tree-lined neighbourhood planned for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Chobham Manor will comprise 800 homes between the athletes’ village and the velodrome. More than 300 of them will be houses with gardens. The athletes’ village itself will be converted into 2,800 flats.
The final shortlist for Chobham Manor is:
- East Thames and Countryside Properties
- Barratt Homes and Le Frak Organisation
- Taylor Wimpey and London & Quadrant
These three groups will now get into detailed discussions with the client to formalise proposals before they are submitted in June. The Legacy Company aims to appoint its development partner before the games start in July, for the first homes to be ready in 2014.
Olympic Park Legacy Company chief executive Andrew Altman said: “Chobham Manor will set the benchmark for quality design and sustainable living on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The three shortlisted parties are all capable of delivering to the highest standards and creating a thriving family community. They reflect the strong market appetite to develop family housing in the area.” 
The three bidders eliminated from the December 2011 longlist are:
- St James Group Limited (Berkeley)
- Swan Housing Association, Urban Splash, Yoo & Mace
- Notting Hill Housing, United Housing and HTA.
Four further neighbourhoods are planned on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, with up to 8,000 new homes being built over the next 20 years.
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