The company behind a £60 million development in Stoke-on-Trent looks set to be brought in to transform a neighbouring town centre.
Captial&Centric’s Goods Yard development next to the A500 in Stoke will host 174 apartments, a café-bar, combined work and leisure spaces and a canalside jetty upon completion.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has now revealed it is lining up the nationally-renowned firm to revitalise York Place, with a report ahead of a meeting of the council’s cabinet next week proposing the appointment.
Plans for York Place include shop and office developments, with public open space, between Ironmarket and Merrial Street.
If the appointment is approved, Captial&Centric will also begin developing plans for the Midway car park site, which will close once the 455-space Castle Car Park opens next year.
Work on that car park is ready to begin this month.
Council Leader Simon Tagg said: “This once-in-a-generation project to transform the town centre is gathering pace.
“And as we move forward with the regeneration, we are finding more opportunities and more businesses and organisations wanting to be part of it.
“We are delighted that prestigious national developers want to be involved because they can see the long-term potential for people to live, work and enjoy their leisure time in our town centre.”
To enable a cost-effective and environmentally friendly project, Capital&Centric is suggesting that part of the original building’s frame could be retained and integrated into the new design for York Place – reducing demolition and building costs and making a more sustainable proposal.
John Moffat, Joint Managing Director at Capital&Centric, said: “We’re all about taking sites that are past their best and creating a new future, one that people can get excited about.
“Whether in towns, city centres of the suburbs, we work hard to make sure the places we build help foster a proper sense of community.
“We’ve often done that through a mix of restoration of historic buildings, contemporary new builds and green public spaces where locals want to spend time.
“Newcastle-under-Lyme has both bags of potential and a forward-thinking council with a clear vision of the next chapter for the town centre.
“We’re really excited about the prospect of getting involved in some of the most prominent sites in the town and bringing out brand of design-led transformation to the centre.”
