Our Real Estate team has advised Audley Group, a leading provider of luxury retirement villages, on its appointment by Galliard Homes and O'Shea Group to take over the sales and operational management of Shiplake Meadows, a new retirement village in Oxfordshire.

Located in Lower Shiplake, the scheme is a £57 million integrated retirement village and will bring 65 units to market, comprising two- and three-bedroom cottages and apartments, including penthouses. Each property will have either a balcony, terrace, or private garden.

The team advising Audley Group was led by Head of Senior Living Dominic Morris, with support from Partner Matt Poole, Legal Directors Hannah Swindle and Susannah Fink, Principal Associates Megan D'Souza-Mathew, Tarfa Ahmad and Danielle Klepping, Senior Associates Kerry Taylor and Ben Sasson, and Associate Michael Tushingham.

Dominic Morris said: "Shiplake Meadows is an exciting new retirement village that will complement Audley's Group existing portfolio in an area with high demand for senior living housing. Audley Group is a longstanding client of ours and we're pleased to have been able to support it once again with this transaction which has utilised our cross-firm expertise in its delivery."

Nick Sanderson, CEO, Audley Group, added: "The Shiplake Meadows site is beautiful and the demand in the local community is high for aspirational retirement living options with central facilities. Shiplake and the local area had long been on our list of potential sites for a village, so we jumped at the chance to work with Galliard and O'Shea who really understand the importance of creating more specialist housing for older people. Thank you to the team at Gowling WLG for its support in securing this outcome."

Gowling WLG's Senior Living team offers support to the full lifecycle of a senior living asset. Its expertise covers planning and land acquisition, development, funding, construction, leasing, sales and the ongoing operational lifecycle of the scheme. Our full service approach helps the team to build long-term relationships with clients built on trust and sound advice.