Developer unveils plans for mixed-use Coventry city centre scheme
Plans have been proposed for new city centre apartments, retail spaces and restaurants in Coventry.
EDG Property is seeking approval to redevelop 50-64 Corporation Street, converting the upper floors into 15 apartments and adding a new penthouse level.
The development will also include retail and restaurant spaces on the ground floor, with construction expected to begin later this year, pending approval.
BPN Architects has been appointed by EDG to work up designs for its latest venture.
It brings EDG’s total investment in Coventry to more than £20m, after its transformation of the former Co-Operative building – also on Corporation Street – which turned the dormant, historic building into award-winning apartments, the region’s first internal park and ground floor restaurants.
Neil Edginton, director of EDG Property, said: “We’re delighted to be investing in Coventry city centre once again and while this is a smaller scheme than our previous developments in the city, it’s equally if not more exciting. Once again, it’s a chance to breathe new life into a very tired building by showing it some much-needed love.
“It will vastly improve this area of Corporation Street – building on the success of developments such as The Co-Operative. When we started on-site there seven years ago, we said we would bring something new to Coventry city centre, and it’s great to see people enjoying living, working and spending leisure time at that development all these years later.”
Coventry City Councillor Jim O’Boyle, Cabinet Member for jobs, regeneration and climate change, said: “It’s great to be working with EDG again. Both the Sirius and Co-Operative developments were fantastic additions to our city centre, they combined the best of the old and the best of the new and showed exactly how our city can thrive when we invest in it.
“That investment is ultimately the main point. Developments like this bring homes to Coventry, bring jobs to Coventry and ultimately bring success to Coventry. I look forward to seeing the plans for this building move to the next stage.”
