| Comment | I vote for a residential conversion.
All these ideas for arts centres and the like... I get why people might want this, but I imagine that kind of project, on that scale, would belly-up after some time. Then we're back to square one. An empty building left to rot.
Need to think what has the best long term potential. This leaves us with commercial ideas like offices and hotels or converting to flats. I think a residential conversion would be perfect. It would help the council achieve its goal of increasing city centre population, and give the building the best chance at being looked after in the long term.
I also think they should just keep the facade and do a total rebuild to the Interior. The skyscraper idea looks neat. Build a new residential tower upward from within and keep the facade. Use some of the lower levels for some arty things and ground floor for a couple nice new restaurants or whatever. |
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