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Argos commits to Nottingham city centre site as plans suggest lease might not be extended
A large new student complex is proposed
12:21, 7 MAY 2021
A view of the Argos store in Lower Parliament Street. (Image: Google Street View)
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Retailer Argos has committed to its flagship store in the city centre after plans suggested its lease on the site may not be extended.
BBC News
By Greig Watson
image copyrightAndrew Phillips
image captionThe Broadmarsh has lain derelict for months and will take a year to demolish completely
Have shopping centres had their day? With retail habits changing and the designs of the 1960s thoroughly dated, some centres are struggling to survive - but Nottingham has been offered a radical time-travelling solution to its own urban problem. Always unwelcoming, now it s apocalyptic .
It s not a tagline any city would want, but architect Peter Rogan s description neatly sums up the half-demolished hulk of Nottingham s Broadmarsh Centre.
The 1970s concrete and brick monolith has reached this sorry state by lurching from one failed renovation plan to another over the course of 20 years.
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Michael Pearce from Nottingham was made redundant in August. He says he s struggling with the lack of opportunity having applied for a thousand jobs, with no success.
He was let go from his office administration job at the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre in Nottingham, which is currently undergoing redevelopment.
Since then, he says he s applied for at least a thousand jobs.
I m 57 years of age, so I think a lot of opportunities are not open to people like me, even though I m trying. But I pick myself up and carry on because I think of other people out there who probably are in a worse place than I am. At least I can still look for a job.
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Gary and Marie McGlinchey, of Sneinton, say it feels depressing walking along Lister Gate due to the number of empty retail units (Image: Nottingham Post/Marie Wilson)
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