Building services provider J S Wright has agreed a deal worth more than £3.7m to provide a former north London hospital site with a sustainable residential future.

The company will fit out a total of 161 mixed-tenure apartments in both purpose-built and existing Grade II-listed buildings at the £110m Woodside Square development in Muswell Hill.

J S Wright was chosen by the award-winning developer Hill as lead design and co-ordination contractor for the mechanical and plumbing services for the scheme on the site of St Luke’s Hospital, which was in use from 1930 to 2011.

Hill and retirement housing provider Hanover aim to provide the over 55s community with the highest standards of energy efficient accommodation designed for modern living but in keeping with the hospital’s existing square layout and landscaped six-acre grounds.

J S Wright has already started work designing and installing a range of services for the apartments, along with an energy centre for the entire development, which is being built to Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4.

The services package for each apartment includes underfloor heating, low pressure hot water heating and heat recovery ventilation, as well as sanitary ware and soil and waste services.

In addition J S Wright will install a heat interface unit with pre-payment metering in each rented apartment to deliver domestic water services.

The energy centre will have a combined heat and power unit that serves all the buildings, three of which are existing neo-Georgian undergoing refurbishment. Completion is scheduled for September 2017. 

J S Wright is already working on another contract with Hill to design and install mechanical services for 441 new apartments at 243 Ealing Road in Alperton, and most recently completed a deal with the developer to provide the services for 16-storey Zenith House in Barnet.