A mixed-use development is bringing new homes and commercial space to a brownfield site on Hastings’ revitalised seafront. Patrick Hanlon, founder and CEO of Roost People, explores how the developer retained the building’s historic facade while replacing everything behind it.
et on the scenic seafront of Hastings, East Sussex, a new development is soon to release nine one-, two- and three-bedroom modern apartments with uninterrupted coastal views to a once derelict site. Retaining its heritage, the historic facade of the building will be kept intact, complying with the stringent local conservation rules, while the rest of the building has been demolished and the new project built behind it, adding