A brick-laying ceremony at a new luxury care home in Thurnby, Leicester marked the first official milestone of the £21 million building development to provide the community with exceptional residential, dementia and respite care.

Thurnby Fields care home, based on Uppingham Road, is part of Cinnamon Care Collection, which, for the last eight years, has been named one of the Top 20 Care Home Groups in the UK by carehome.co.uk, the TrustPilot of the care home industry. The care home will open by the end of next year, with 63 ensuite bedrooms and 10 luxurious one-bedroom care suites. Surrounded by beautiful gardens, it will also have a cinema room, hair and beauty salon, a café/bar, a library/lounge and a private dining room.

Mark Shockledge, Operations Manager, Cinnamon Care Collection commented, “We chose to build our 24th care home in Thurnby due to the growing need for high-quality care homes in this area. Thurnby Fields will offer the same level of excellent care in an equally high-quality environment as the other care homes in our group.

We chose this location to support and complement our growing portfolio across the Midlands and the rest of the UK, and we are very excited to be opening in Thurnby and to play an active role in the local community.”

Jordan Connachie, Managing Director of Kori Construction, said: “Reaching project milestones is always exciting, but celebrating our first milestone with a new client is particularly special for Kori. We’re proud to be delivering this new development, transforming a brownfield site into a luxury care home that will help address the local shortfall in care beds.”

He added, “It’s equally rewarding to generate social value through community engagement in Thurnby and the surrounding area, and we’re excited to continue our work in this area.”

Up to 60 full and part-time jobs will be created for people from the local community. Vacancies will range from housekeepers and carers to heads of departments, kitchen assistants and gardeners, with recruitment starting in spring 2026.