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Warrington Borough Council revises master-plan for £107m regeneration scheme

Warrington Borough Council (WBC) has announced a revised and enhanced master-plan for its flagship Bridge Street Regeneration Project in a report to be submitted to its Executive Board on 13 April 2015.

A new 2000 seat cinema will sit at the core of the £107m development accompanied by a new market hall which will incorporate the historic former ‘Boots’ building frontage, a 1300 space new multi storey car park, new council offices, several family friendly restaurants and a new public square.

The project is anticipated to have a transformational effect on the fortunes of Warrington town centre.

The scale of the new cinema, which will have ten screens and an IMAX will make it one of the largest in the region and along with the new market hall and restaurants will provide a significant leisure draw into the town centre which will complement the existing offer.

The up scaled project is significantly larger than that previously announced.

Financially sustainable, the project will create an anticipated income of £5.5 million per year for Warrington Borough Council and also be a valuable capital asset for the local authority.

Hoardings have been erected around phase 1 of the site in order that demolition works can commence later this month and ground works are ongoing.

The Bridge Street Quarter Regeneration project is being delivered by Warrington & Co., on behalf of Warrington Borough Council with development partner Muse Developments.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Sophia Taha .