A former Nottingham department store and restaurant which fell into disrepair and was once used for cannabis farming could soon become student accommodation. Kexgill Limited has submitted plans to convert the mid-20th Century ‘Antibo’ building, in Lower Parliament Street, into 49 student flats via an upwards extension.
The building was first built in in two phases, with phase one constructed in around 1929 following the clearance of buildings in the area for the extension of Lower Parliament Street. Phase two was completed in around 1938 when then-leaseholder the Star Boot Company sought to expand its store.
It was used as a department store up until the 1980s, according to the developer. More recently it housed Italian restaurant Antibo, the name of which remains embossed on the building’s frontage, and Chez Coor’s, a Jamaican buffet.
