Originally Posted by Hamwich
Originally Posted by Peter J

So what will the landlords do with these unwanted buildings?


Turn them into housing? There's still a massive housing shortage.


That would seem to be logical, if only the Government would relax the planning laws on change of use.
Mind you, some of the larger stores would need a lot of work. We have lost C&A, demolished and a hotel is being built, BHS closed and the site remains empty, it is part of a large shopping mall, Debenhams has closed and will not re-open, it is in a listed building.

Salisbury lost the Friends Provident HQ after the AVIVA take over. The building was flattened and McCarthy and Stone prison cells built, as "retirement living".
They are asking stupidly high prices: £400k for 73 sqm, 2 bedrooms.
We have 245 sqm and use it all, plus a double garage, all on a 1000 sq m plot. No way we'd move to a pokey little flat in a place full of the old.

If they are to attract people to live in the city it needs affordable housing, good services and companies to work for.

Peter,
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