The old BHS and Marks and Spencer buildings will be replaced by flats and shops.
Work to demolish two former department store buildings will begin this autumn, a council has revealed.
Asbestos is being removed from the old Marks and Spencer and BHS stores in Abington Street, Northampton, so that demolition can start. Work on a new building which will combine residential flats with retail and leisure units is likely to begin this winter.The BHS store, two doors away from M&S, closed in 2016Various temporary shops have come and gone in the mean time, but now the old stores are to disappear.
"Once these works have been completed, the demolition of the site can commence, with detailed scopes currently being prepared ahead of the next phase of works which will commence in winter 2024/25.”An artist's impression of the new building shows residential flats above leisure and retail units The council said it would "work with a development partner to deliver the project, which will involve the demolition of the existing buildings and the creation of a new ‘high-quality’ mixed-use building consisting of residential on the upper floor with modern retail and leisure units on the ground floor".
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