Computer generated images have been released of a new apartment scheme on the site of the city's former National Express coach station.
London based developers Blacklight Capital Partners have now released images revealing interiors in the apartment block which they hope to partially complete by next year. The company have promised a bespoke scheme catering specifically for the city's student population.
Mount Group Student NatEx Ltd, which was building the £45m NatEx student accommodation block on the site of the former National Express bus station, collapsed into administration last October. Mazars recently sold the building to Blacklight Capital Partners for £14.1m.
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Earlier this week a spokesman for Blacklight told the ECHO that the new scheme has been named Limelight, in a nod to the city's famous street. The spokesman said: "We have made some significant improvements to the originally-conceived building, and re-branded the scheme as Limelight. It is a large-scale 500+ bed purpose-built student accommodation scheme.
"We are very happy with the location which is a stone's throw from the city centre, universities and waterfront areas. The scheme is institutionally-backed with all required funding to complete the building in place well before we start on site, as is always the case with any of our projects."
The Mount Property Group, which bought the New Islington-based NatEx scheme from Welsh company Anwyl back in 2018, hoped to deliver a large scale scheme with over 500 units. The 574-bed project was set to consist of 16 and 10-storey towers.
Patrick Lannagan and Julien Irving, partners at Mazars, were appointed joint administrators of Mount Group Student Natex Limited on October 5 last year. In May a report by Mazars revealed Mount Group Student Natex Limited accepted a total of £23.9m from buyers in the form of deposits. A spokesman for Mazars confirmed the sale of the building to the ECHO.
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