New details have emerged about a multi-million pound canalside regeneration scheme in Stoke-on-Trent.
Latest images have been released of the proposals to transform Swift House, near to Stoke Station, into a new urban hub called The Goods Yard. It comes just months after BusinessLive published brand new artist impressions of the scheme in the summer.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is working with Capital & Centric on the development which is expected to boast new homes, a hotel and the Vaults Warehouse which will include office, leisure and retail space.
And the city council has made a bid for £16 million from the government's Levelling Up Fund to support the development, which will also feature a restaurant and bar and a water taxi service which will help to transport passengers to the bet365 Stadium.
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Tim Heatley, co-founder of Capital & Centric, said: "We're fusing the old and new at the Goods Yard with the end result this awesome new urban quarter next to the station.
"We want to restore the incredible vaulted basement into a place to hang out and turn the derelict signal box into a café bar. They'll be alongside great new places to live and work, all beautifully designed to respect the area's heritage.
"We know that this has the potential to be a really special destination for Stoke-on-Trent. It's a top location and we plan to create loads of interesting outdoor spaces where people want to explore and spend time .... it couldn't be further from what's there today."
Council leader Abi Brown said: "This will be a truly iconic development not just for Stoke-on-Trent but the entire Midlands area. The Goods Yard would completely transform one of the most prominent, underdeveloped pieces of land along the HS2 route nationally into a thriving urban quarter that supports jobs, supercharges the economy and improves people's quality of life.
"To be working with a high-profile developer like Capital & Centric, who want to carry out their first project outside of the North West in our city, sends a strong message about the growing confidence, ambition and reputation of Stoke-on-Trent. We both want to create something unique and lasting that creates a new chapter for the area.
"A lot of work has gone on behind the scenes since the plans were first unveiled just six months ago and we're genuinely keen for people to take part in the consultation and give us their thoughts on what they like and don't like about the proposals, because they are the ones we hope will be visiting the Goods Yard and calling it home for years to come."
Members of the public are invited to view the proposals during a consultation event which is taking place at Swift House on Thursday, September 30 between 2pm and 7pm.
