Galliford Try has been appointed to work on a multi-million-pound enterprise and innovation hub in the heart of Scunthorpe town centre, for which planning permission was granted earlier this year.
The company will complete detailed designs for the £12m redevelopment for North Lincolnshire Council as part of the Government’s Future High Streets Fund.
Cllr Rob Waltham, leader, North Lincolnshire Council and Towns Fund Board Member, said: “The enterprise and innovation hub will be a game-changing addition to the heart of Scunthorpe, welcoming new people to the town centre for new reasons.
“Not only will businesses benefit from the incredible environments and green space, the growth of staff and young professionals will directly support Scunthorpe’s bars and hard-working retailers. It is a real win-win for the high street.”
Designs are set to include outstanding collaborative space for businesses, as well as a 46-bed unit for the NHS and licensed café bar.
The innovation hub is one of several projects being delivered to transform Scunthorpe and create a different future. The schemes are funded with £30m of Government cash from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, through the Towns Fund and Future High Streets Fund.
They include delivering gigabit broadband to hundreds of businesses, creating an advanced manufacturing park, delivering green energy schemes for schools and community buildings, new cultural experiences, a blue light facility, and hundreds of news homes.
The plans are designed to stimulate the creation of more, better-paid jobs, driving prosperity and ensuring a new future for people who live locally.
Cliff Wheatley, Managing Director of Galliford Try Building North East, said: “The new hub helps revitalise the high street and will attract more people into the heart of town, stimulating the local economy and ensuring its future sustainability.”
Cllr Waltham added: “With the construction of the hub moving ever closer, there is a fantastic opportunity for forward-thinking businesses to relocate or expand into the town centre, becoming part of Scunthorpe’s exciting next chapter.”
