Strategic Heritage and Culture-led Town Centre Regeneration
A 26 acre strategic site linking the various character quarters in the city centre and creating a real destination for the local community and visitors.
Client
Public/Private Partnership
Value
£250m
Services
Architectural design, masterplanning and sports and leisure consultancy
LK2’s unique team of experts are engaged to unlock regeneration potential and create a new heart to a town centre with a heritage, culture and leisure led mixed-use scheme:
- Recreate the towns historic context and quality with a super size experiential heritage destination which will act as a catalyst for regeneration and drive footfall, dwell time and value.
- A mix of commercial, culture, leisure, entertainment and community uses.
- Placemaking relationships between the new uses, public realm and water are exploited.
- Events, performance, music, arts and social meeting places.
- Increased residential use to re energise and repopulate the town centre.
- Creation of green connections and interaction spaces for events, performance, arts and markets.
- Creation of commercial offices to retain key headquarters in the town centre and provide an influx of people.
- Creation of an urban multi sports facility.
This 26 acre strategic site will link the various character quarters in the town centre and create a real destination for the local community and visitors. LK2 act as the fulcrum for a public/private partnership with access to local authority funding and the Future High Streets fund.