Fresh plans have revealed a huge city redevelopment project would create a public market hall to host the "best of the Nottingham street-food scene". The former Nottingham fire and police station on Shakespeare Street would be replaced with a huge student complex that would contain 987 beds, if new plans are approved.
The two planned buildings would vary in height from seven to 12-storeys, with the existing buildings being demolished apart from the Grade II listed Fire Station House. Inside the building there would be a residents’ hub and communal facilities, and a new ground floor public food hall.
Whilst the market hall would be open to students, the site's developer VITA have expressed their wish for it to become a "great asset to Nottingham, assembling the very best of the Nottingham street-food scene into a single, vibrant space." There would also be an adjoining market hall garden which would feature a steel structure decorated with climbing plants over a large outside dining area.
