Welcome to the June edition of the Nottingham Southside newsletter with updates on £2bn worth of major developments over half a square mile of the city, bringing thousands of extra jobs and millions more visitors.
 Contractors are making progress at intu Broadmarsh. From Monday 24 June, the walkway between Collin Street and Lister Gate will close each night between 7pm to 7am to safely carry out work in that area. The overnight closures will then be in place until the centre is fully redeveloped, however the walkway will be open as usual during the day. Works around the Drury Walk entrance, which closed in February, continue in preparation for larger scale works. This entrance will reopen with a new look when the new centre does. Hoardings are now up around the corner of Collin Street and Middle Hill in preparation for the demolition and redevelopment of the new cinema corner. A temporary entrance to intu Broadmarsh from Sussex Street has been constructed, as the entrance from the Tanner’s Walk subway has closed to support construction of the new Broadmarsh Car Park. Works within the centre will progress over the coming months and years, with regular updates through this newsletter.
 Galliford Try have been appointed to build the new Broadmarsh Car Park, Bus Station, Central Library and retail units. Work on this is due to start in June and the new multi-purpose building will open in 2021. A lot of diligent work has gone on behind the scenes to get to this stage, and the city can now look forward to seeing construction start and cranes in the sky on this long-anticipated project.
 FaulknerBrowns Architects have been appointed to design the new Central Library at the Broadmarsh Car Park building. FaulknerBrowns were the designers of the Hebburn Central Library, the Grade II listed Jesmond Library and The Word, National Centre for the Written Word in South Shields, Tyneside (pictured above). The Word opened in 2016, typifying the needs of the modern library user with access to books, traditional media and interactive technologies. Additionally, our Libraries team has been speaking to key stakeholders to understand what people want from a new Central Library. The British Library, Arts Council, Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature, Creative Quarter, Primary Parliament and many more have been consulted so far to establish what citizens want from a new Central Library. These discussions have generated some interesting and exciting ideas.
 Work is on track to create a world class visitor destination at Nottingham Castle as part of the £30m redevelopment, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Local Enterprise Partnership, D2N2. A new visitor centre, Robin Hood Gallery, Rebellion Gallery and international exhibition space are all taking shape under the scaffolding on Castle Rock. The new galleries will include an immersive experience of Medieval Nottingham and Robin Hood, the Rebellion Gallery, celebrating Nottingham’s rebellious spirit and past, along with interactive games and activities throughout the Castle. You can find out more at the Nottingham Castle website.
 If you have been in the area recently you will have seen the structure for the new Nottingham College City Hub rising out of the ground, and the main structure has now been established by the first two tower cranes in Nottingham, with many more to come. Nottingham College and Wates are over a third of the way through the build and on programme, expecting to be open in September 2020 for their new crop of students. A series of student work placements and apprenticeships on site mean that current students at the College are involved in building the classroom for their successors, and the site is being used by Nottingham College to encourage current students to consider construction jobs in the future.
 The Island Site received planning approval for their plan to turn one of the biggest development areas in the country into a thriving area for the city centre. Once completed, the new area will see 900 new homes, a five star hotel, nearly 60,000 square feet of Grade A office space, new bars, restaurants and jobs and 666 student flats built. Now planning approval has been granted, the developer will continue to work with the City Council to start work on the site in phases.
 Work is progressing on the Grade A office space the city has desired for so long in what promises to be a thriving and growing office sector in the city. Ground was recently broken at Unity Square, where HMRC will call home from 2021; Shoby Properties have started work at City Buildings to bring a “Shoreditch vibe” to the area; Bildurn are working on their new development on Station Street; and a planning application has been submitted for Crocus Place, next to the tram tracks, for a 7 storey office block. This will complement the new retail and leisure area with thousands of new staff coming to an area the City Council has invested heavily in to act as a catalyst for investment of this kind.
 With so many changes in this area, keeping traffic moving is a key priority for the city. With this in mind, the City Council and our partners are carefully coordinating these works, especially with the planned, longer term changes to the roads around the Broadmarsh area. All works are carefully planned to ensure business as usual for those who live, work and commute through the Southside area while regeneration works takes place. You can expect regular updates about the future plans for the roads through this newsletter, or sign up for the Transport Nottingham newsletter for weekly updates.
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