DevSec/Berkeley unveil £400m Slough regeneration plans

    Development Securities and Berkeley Homes have unveiled their plans for the £400m regeneration of Slough town centre in Berkshire.   The joint venture in partnership with English Partnerships and Slough council is proposing a scheme called the Heart of Slough, comprising 1,500 homes, over 366,000 sq ft of offices, a restaurant quarter and a new home for Slough library, which will sit next to St Ethelbert’s Church.   Berkeley Homes will develop the housing while DevSec will create the office development.   Government regeneration agency English Partnerships will bring forward the restaurant quarter and the library and has contributed £13.5m towards the masterplan.   Duncan Trent, head of delivery at Development Securities, said: “It has taken a while but this is a complicated scheme with many interests to consider.   “A future for Slough’s town centre has now been mapped out and we hope that Slough’s community will embrace the vision.”   Planning consent is expected in the summer with construction beginning in 2009. The scheme is set to be completed by 2018.     DevSec and Berkeley were first selected for the scheme in 2001.   helen.roxburgh@egi.co.uk