Businesses have described the shifting sands of a main street in Nottingham city centre where a 'mix of old and new' has been forged. Carrington Street has significantly altered over the last few years, most notably with the demolition of the Broadmarsh shopping centre and the construction of the Broadmarsh bus station and library at the end of the street.
A boutique gym was recently set up as well as a new cake shop, adding to the independent businesses and better known brands along the street. At the other end of Carrington Street, near to Nottingham train station, the nine-storey Unity Square tower was opened earlier this year, bringing with it thousands of Government employees.
Businesses on the street said it now has a mix of the old and new parts of the city, and that they hoped the changes would bring prosperity back to the area. Stefan Priest, 29, a sales assistant at E-cigarette Outlet on Carrington Street, said: "Broadmarsh is still the big question but it encouraging to see the street changing and things happening. It's a mix of old and new, the train station is an iconic building, some of the other ones could do with a clean but then you have the new library and the HMRC building too at the other end [Unity Square].
