... where we left off....
App to demolish Bushbury Working Men's club and build a KFC and a shop.
Sector: Mixed Use & Retail
Services: End to End Project Management
Completed: Due 2015
Value: £13m
Client: Delancey PLC
Architect: Colman Architects
Main Contractor: TBC Project description
pdcm have been appointed as project managers for Delancey’s extension and refurbishment of the Mander Centre in Wolverhampton.
The project involves the creation of new retail units and an anchor store.
pdcm are leading the team through the early stages of the design and planning to ensure the client has a robust understanding of the programme and costs. We are also managing the programming and logistics planning for this complex project which will be carried out within a live retail environment.
The project is due for completion in 2015.
Bosses at Wolverhampton’s Mander Centre today insisted a multi-million-pound revamp would see the city compete with the Bull Ring and Merry Hill – as they revealed detailed plans will be unveiled in the coming weeks.
The centre was boosted by the announcement last week that WH Smith had done a U-turn over the closure of its flagship store.
But shoppers have become concerned that big names are no longer interested in the city.
Steve Burgin, director of retail asset management for Mander Centre owners Delancey, today said proposals to extend the centre and attract new businesses were moving forward, and an announcement would be made in the next two months. Bosses want to merge shops and create bigger units in order to attract big-name stores to the city.
Mr Burgin said the plans revolved around a ‘major anchor’ at the centre, which it is hoped would be taken over by a large chain.
The plans are intended to tie in with the £5m revamp of the city centre that will see some roads made one way and areas including Princess Street pedestrianised in a bid to make the city centre more attractive for investors.
Chains including TK Maxx, Dorothy Perkins and Oasis have all closed shops in recent years.
Mr Burgin said: “The challenges affecting Wolverhampton are affecting every town centre in the country. The out-of-town shopping centres like Birmingham’s Bull Ring and Merry Hill have received investment and they have retailers all in one place that have the space to showcase their product ranges – that is what we want in Wolverhampton.”
Not sure who shouldbe more concerned that the Bullring is described as out of town, Bullring for not marketing it well to the owners of the Mander Centre, or the owners of the Mander Centre for not knowing whilst planning to rival it. Speaks volumes really.Revamped Wolverhampton Mander Centre to rival Bull Ring and Merry Hill
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/...der-centre-to-rival-bull-ring-and-merry-hill/