THE TOWN centre is not the only development currently underway in the area. 

Just a five minute's walk from the multi-million pound regeneration of Wokingham's Market Square and the Peach Street development, a block of old disused garages are being raised to the ground. 

The garages along Barratt Crescent had been unoccupied for quite some time, but Wokingham Housing will now be turning them into flats. 

Francis Construction is executing the works having been appointed as part of a competitive tender process from the council. 

Bill Flood, Managing Director of Wokingham Housing, said: “As Wokingham Borough Council’s housing development company, our main aim is to build social and affordable housing for local people on the housing register. 

"The developments at Elizabeth Road and Barrett Crescent are part of the Council’s and WHL’s strategy to deliver a number of housing projects across the Borough that better uses Council-owned land.

“In total we are building over a 100 homes across the Borough, which will be largely completed by April next year.

"Thereafter we intend to have an ongoing supply of at least 50 to 70 new homes for local people every year.”