Shoppers are divided on plans plans to bring an 'eyesore' high street shop back into use. The former Argos building in Bath Street, Ilkeston, is set to be turned into 11 flats and two retail units on the ground floor.
The store has been vacant since Argos closed in 2010 and shoppers say 'something needs to be done' with the building, with residents labelling it an 'eyesore'. According to plans which have been approved for the site, six one-bed and five two-bed flats will be created on the upper flats. The bottom floor will be turned into retail units with new shop signs.
Shopper Mary Oldershaw, who is 72 and from Kirk Hallam, told Nottinghamshire Live that there’s lots of empty shops on the high street and they need to get people in the area. She said: “I know people have got to live somewhere but I don’t know.
