John Lewis to repurpose car parks to create 10,000 homes

UK department store John Lewis has revealed its plans to become a residential landlord by converting its own shop car parks into rental housing across the UK.
Over the next decade, approximately 10,000 John Lewis homes will be built on sites that also include plots above retailer's Waitrose supermarkets and next to its distribution centres.
Plans address the national housing shortage
The employee-owned company said the plans draw on its "social purpose" and are an effort to help address Britain'