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TOWN’S TRANSFORMATION TAKES SHAPE
An artist’s impression of The Bis
regenerate key parts of Hartlepool. The Innovation and Skills Quarter (ISQ) is a flagship Hartlepool Borough Council initiative that aims to revitalise Church Street and develop a thriving creative industries quarter based around the Cleveland College of Art and Design’s (CCAD) new campus. As part of this, the Grade II Listed
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former Post Office building in Whitby Street is being refurbished and extended to turn it into a centre for creative business start-ups.
The £3 million centre is known as The
ork is forging ahead on a range of grant-funded projects designed to
BIS – ‘creating Businesses through Innovation and Skills’ – and when completed later this year it will offer a range of managed office and workshop space together with specialist business support. The centre will aim to attract creative businesses, especially graduates from CCAD. To express an interest in a unit please call 01429 867677 or email
bis@hartlepool.gov.uk Work is also underway on the next phase of the ISQ project which involves looking into the feasibility and
development of the only dedicated film and television studios in the region on the site of the former Hartlepool Council depot in Lynn Street, now part of the CCAD campus. It includes proposals for investment in high value equipment and emerging technology to provide 2,000 square metres of sound stage, green screen workshops, production offices, a VR studio and 3D printing technology.
The Waves sculpture on the promenade at Seaton Carew
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A further £3m-plus is being ploughed into Church Street itself and Church Square. In Church Street, the focus is on enhancing the existing architecture and creating a more open, pedestrian-friendly area, and here new paved areas are taking shape. The Church Street and Church Square businesses are open as normal while all the work is ongoing.
Church Square is being pedestrianised and a large oval event space encircled by trees and seating is being created in front of Hartlepool Art Gallery. Tees Valley Combined Authority has been working alongside Hartlepool Borough Council to realise these projects and provide investment.
The full opening of the street is currently programmed for early August although this is weather-dependent.
Tees Valley Combined
Authority has been working alongside Hartlepool Borough Council to realise these projects and provide investment.
In Seaton Carew, a £1.3m scheme to turn part of the promenade into a new leisure area featuring water jets and play equipment for children and picnic tables is currently being completed. New beach huts will follow later this year. In addition, the historic art deco bus station and clock
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MONTHLY 2018
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