Rapleys has completed its third corporate acquisition in six months, acquiring s106 Affordable Housing (S106 AH), for an undisclosed price.
After adding property consultancy firm Aston Rose in December and planning practice CSJ in October, Rapleys said S106 AH would become part of the development consulting team, further strengthening the partnership’s affordable housing offer.
S106 AH was set up in 2012 by Simon Corp (pictured) as a consulting business ‘focussing on recurring viability assessment work for private developers, landowners, planners and architects and housing associations’. The business also introduces sites with affordable housing opportunities to registered providers. As part of the acquisition, Corp becomes a partner at Rapleys, working alongside Nick Fell, the firm’s head of residential.
Corp said: “Rapleys is undoubtedly a leader in affordable housing and one of the only players that can provide holistic affordable housing services at each stage of the development lifecycle, which was hugely attractive to our existing business. Clients will benefit from the same high-quality level of service they received from S106 AH, while being able to access a wider array of advice, expertise, reach and network that Rapleys has to offer them.”
Fell added: “We have been working on our growth plan with residential one of four core divisions the business is focussed around. Simon and his business have a huge track record, loyal clients and unique client-side insight into the challenges that housing associations face, which will strengthen our expertise in this area and add huge value to our existing clients, and the team itself.”
