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Accrington town centre development unveiled

10:26am Tuesday 13th May 2008

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A Multi-Million pound luxury development project which has transformed a derelict town centre district is set to be unveiled.

Developers says the 55 apartments on six floors will provide "an exciting alternative approach to modern lifestyle".

The scheme is at Scaitcliffe Lodge in Accrington, near Hyndburn Council's offices at Scaitcliffe House, Ormerod Street.

The former overgrown site has been landscaped and the derelict lodge redeveloped and restocked with fish, while the national cycle trail runs close by.

Improved lighting and landscaping has also taken place.

Future plans will see shops built, including a convenience store, and an office block.

The one and two-bedroom apartments are the latest development from Globe Enterprises, a partnership between Barnfield Developments, regeneration company Stuart Nevison and Hyndburn Council.

The consortium has previously undertaken regeneration projects including the nearby Globe Centre and the Superbowl and Vue Cinema complex off Hyndburn Road.

A Globe Enterprises spokesman said: "We have consistently invested time and effort to be a successful and growing business while benefiting the people of Accrington.

"While many developers have been throwing up overpriced apartments all over the country to cater for bulk investors, Waterside has been an expensive property to build, featuring first-class materials and design, with a view to selling directly to home owners."

The grand opening is on Saturday from 10am to 5pm when three show apartments will be available to view.

The apartments are on sale for between £89,950 and £142,950.

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cypruslad, cyprus says...
3:27pm Tue 13 May 08

Nice apartments,shame they have built them in an area of town full of drug dealers and muggers.
And for good measure on the side of a rat infested lodge.
Seems like a good investment!!!

H, blackburn says...
3:35pm Tue 13 May 08

Nice apartments,shame they have built them in an area of town full of drug dealers and muggers.
And for good measure on the side of a rat infested lodge.
Seems like a good investment!!!


ALL of Accrington is full of drug dealers and muggers!!!!!

Sal, Accrington says...
6:11pm Tue 13 May 08

H wrote:
Nice apartments,shame they have built them in an area of town full of drug dealers and muggers. And for good measure on the side of a rat infested lodge. Seems like a good investment!!!
ALL of Accrington is full of drug dealers and muggers!!!!!
Accrington is up and coming ,lots of investment coming to the town,people like you should really stop talking it down!!

SA, Accrington says...
6:23pm Tue 13 May 08

H wrote:
Nice apartments,shame they have built them in an area of town full of drug dealers and muggers. And for good measure on the side of a rat infested lodge. Seems like a good investment!!!
ALL of Accrington is full of drug dealers and muggers!!!!!
If thats the Case all of Blackburn is full of Child sex groomers!!! As exposed on national TV!!... dont you think???

cypruslad, cyprus says...
6:32pm Tue 13 May 08

Sal wrote:
H wrote:
Nice apartments,shame they have built them in an area of town full of drug dealers and muggers. And for good measure on the side of a rat infested lodge. Seems like a good investment!!!
ALL of Accrington is full of drug dealers and muggers!!!!!
Accrington is up and coming ,lots of investment coming to the town,people like you should really stop talking it down!!
Not talking the town down,simply stating fact.

Anonymous, Accrington says...
7:24pm Tue 13 May 08

Well said SA!!!

Centaur, abroad says...
7:56pm Tue 13 May 08

Wot...no pound shops in the new development??? It'll never get off the ground, just another money wasting plan. Accy is only going in one direction...and it's not up!!

sal, Accrington says...
8:35pm Tue 13 May 08

Centaur wrote:
Wot...no pound shops in the new development??? It\\\'ll never get off the ground, just another money wasting plan. Accy is only going in one direction...and it\\\'s not up!!
Hey centuar, you live abroad,sounds like the best place for you,houses are still selling fast in some parts of the town,the investment coming to Acc is MASSIVE,i know i deal with clients lining up, Accrington`s going to be big just watch this town grow and grow.

Kevin, Colne says...
6:03am Wed 14 May 08

If you want to look into the future then look at the past.

Every-age has its manias. There's been 'canalmania' and 'railwaymania', to name but two.

The modern equivalent is 'apartmentmania'.

I work in Manchester and the sky-line is littered with cranes for building apartments. A couple of years ago I remarked to a colleague: "Who's going to buy them?" "Smart investors", he said. "You never lose money in property". Yeah, right!

You can now pick-up apartments in the city for 50p on the £. The same is true in Leeds, where having driven through the south side of the city centre I was astounded by the amount of new-build flats dominating the sky-line. They too, were bought by 'smart investors' who have now lost their shirts. Liverpool is drowning in apartments that no-one will touch with a barge-pole; and rightly so. There's gross over-supply.

What we have here are the slums of to-morrow.

One has to be glad that Accrington is attracting inward investment but that does not mean that all investmant is sound and justified. As the examples of the big regional cities show much of the new inward investment there has been a gross mis-allocation of capital.

The word Accrington and the term luxuty apartments does seem a strange juxtaposition, but places can change and sometimes for the better.

The plans and perrmission for these will have been made at the very height of the recent
'apartmentmania'. They are now being delivered to market at the beginning of what looks like a bust. Providing the supply of apartments is strictly limited then the new development may well be an asset for the town, but given current conditions it must be 'fingers crossed' for all concerned.

We wish them, and it , well.


sal, Accrington says...
7:57am Wed 14 May 08

Kevin wrote:
If you want to look into the future then look at the past. Every-age has its manias. There\'s been \'canalmania\' and \'railwaymania\', to name but two. The modern equivalent is \'apartmentmania\'. I work in Manchester and the sky-line is littered with cranes for building apartments. A couple of years ago I remarked to a colleague: \"Who\'s going to buy them?\" \"Smart investors\", he said. \"You never lose money in property\". Yeah, right! You can now pick-up apartments in the city for 50p on the £. The same is true in Leeds, where having driven through the south side of the city centre I was astounded by the amount of new-build flats dominating the sky-line. They too, were bought by \'smart investors\' who have now lost their shirts. Liverpool is drowning in apartments that no-one will touch with a barge-pole; and rightly so. There\'s gross over-supply. What we have here are the slums of to-morrow. One has to be glad that Accrington is attracting inward investment but that does not mean that all investmant is sound and justified. As the examples of the big regional cities show much of the new inward investment there has been a gross mis-allocation of capital. The word Accrington and the term luxuty apartments does seem a strange juxtaposition, but places can change and sometimes for the better. The plans and perrmission for these will have been made at the very height of the recent \'apartmentmania\'. They are now being delivered to market at the beginning of what looks like a bust. Providing the supply of apartments is strictly limited then the new development may well be an asset for the town, but given current conditions it must be \'fingers crossed\' for all concerned. We wish them, and it , well.
At last someone who`s made sense,thanks

Centaur, abroad (well Church actually) says...
9:58am Wed 14 May 08

sal wrote:
Centaur wrote: Wot...no pound shops in the new development??? It\\\\\\\'ll never get off the ground, just another money wasting plan. Accy is only going in one direction...and it\\\\\\\'s not up!!
Hey centuar, you live abroad,sounds like the best place for you,houses are still selling fast in some parts of the town,the investment coming to Acc is MASSIVE,i know i deal with clients lining up, Accrington`s going to be big just watch this town grow and grow.
I've been watching that space for 60 years and it's still going downhill. As for living abroad....just ask the 4.5 million who have got out of the UK in then last 10 years!! I'm glad that you are staying...somebody has to watch it grow!!
Use to be a really nice little town with genuine prople. Unfortunately its not safe to go out at nights any more!

Lee, Accy says...
11:33am Wed 14 May 08

Rather than Globe centre investing over there why can't they help the council to make the town centre better!
Atleast we will not have to go elsewhere and shop.

bystander, lancs says...
1:19pm Wed 14 May 08

When the builders go bust leaving a wheelbarrow and a broken cement mixer the flats in Manchester, Leeds, Bradford etc will be auctioned off and bought by Housing Associations who will then fill them with the Not Rights.

Danny, Church says...
1:46pm Wed 14 May 08

How about using that money and put more playing fields and invest in schools and the hospital? Accrington isnt Leeds or Manchester, its Accy. We could do so much more with this money than building luxury appartments for snobby folk.

Bill Grundy, says...
2:07pm Wed 14 May 08

A dirty little town, full of dirty little people.

vin, Accrington says...
3:24pm Wed 14 May 08

Bill Grundy wrote:
A dirty little town, full of dirty little people.
Bill you would make a good poet,you silly little man in you`re silly little mind.

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