Wolverhampton Council to sue Beatties owner over ‘blight’ on city centre

City of Wolverhampton Council is set to begin legal proceedings against the owner of the former Beatties department store, after it failed to comply with a section 215 notice requiring the site to be tidied up.

The Victoria Street building has stood empty since 2019, following the collapse of House of Fraser, and has since fallen into disrepair.

It was bought by Eden Property Group for around £6.15m in 2024, with the council later approving plans to convert the 100-year-old Art Deco bu... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...