 New tennis players' village at Devonshire Park
A new players’ village is being built at Devonshire Park to provide world class facilities for women’s and men’s tennis.
Work has begun to demolish the existing building and replace it with a modern two-storey, glass and timber-clad facility that incorporates player changing rooms, fitness and physio suites, player lounges and medical facilities.
Eastbourne Borough Council and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) are jointly funding the work which is being carried out by contactor Kier. The work is a crucial part of the £44million Devonshire Quarter transformation.
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 Eastbourne has received a major vote of confidence following a desire from international investors to support the extension to the Eastbourne Arndale Centre.
Shopping centre owners Legal & General Investment Management Real Assets (LGIM Real Assets) has agreed a Joint Venture with a major international partner to invest in the extension and the existing Arndale Centre, which has a combined value of £220m.
The news has been welcomed as a thumbs-up for the town centre regeneration by Eastbourne Borough Council and the Eastbourne & District Chamber of Commerce.
The significant injection of capital will enhance the existing Arndale Shopping centre as well as kick-start the scheme’s £85 million retail and leisure extension, contributing to the wider regeneration of the local area in collaboration with Eastbourne Borough Council.
The new investment bolsters plans for the major 175,000 sq ft retail and leisure extension which is expected to create approximately 800 retail and catering jobs.
The new extension, which includes the demolition of buildings to the west of the Centre along Terminus Road, will bring an additional 22 new retail units, approximately 300 extra car parking spaces, seven restaurants and a nine-screen cinema to Eastbourne town centre.
A building contract is now in place and construction works have begun with completion expected in autumn 2018.
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In response to unprecedented
cuts in government funding, the council asked residents to state their
preference to either sell the freehold of four working farms to generate a
capital receipt, or make cuts to local services.
Out of 4,373 opinion slips
returned, 2,632 were in favour of service reductions while 858 were in favour
of selling the working farms. Some 883 slips were rejected.
Following the result, council
Leader Councillor David Tutt announced the working farms will not be sold.
The budget planning process
for 2017/18 is underway. If you would like to share your views on managing the
government’s funding cuts for council services please email Councillor.Tutt@eastbourne.gov.uk
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