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GT3 Architects reimagine Nottingham’s former Debenhams building
The future of the former Debenhams store in Nottingham city centre has been subject to speculation since its closure in May 2021, with rumours and widespread debate about what should happen next to the Grade II listed building.
It was recently reported that Longmead Capital – a London-based investment management fi rm – had approached the city council to discuss future plans. With 90% of former Debenhams stores still lying empty, this “poses a nationwide question, not just for Nottingham,” said GT3 Architects, adding that “any proposals must meet the city’s needs. The team at GT3 Architects have brought forward a vision that “will give the 159-year-old Nottingham landmark a new lease of life.” Designed by Liam Gallagher, Matt Drewitt, Jake Duthie and Marta Subh Lopez, the project will “encourage people to live, work and play in the city centre” and thereby will greatly “improve regeneration efforts, fi re up the local economy and aid Nottingham in its efforts to become carbon neutral by 2028.” The concept “carefully divides the spaces to offer something different across the various levels,” including a food hall, boutique shops, a high-end hotel, offi ce space, a media centre, housing, a hospitality pavilion, and lastly a public roof terrace. The smaller building next door on Long
Row would become a pub and cultural centre, The Mikado, in reference to a cafe building which stood adjacent some 70 years before.
“Our design provides a ‘shopping list’ of options to provoke real discussion
around how we reimagine this much- admired landmark,” added the architects. “Nottingham needs more emphatic pieces of civic architecture, and we believe the interventions proposed will have a very positive impact on the townscape.”
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