Purpose-built student accommodation developer Caro has submitted a planning application with Preston City Council to convert part of the city’s former police headquarters into a 227-room PBSA scheme.
The proposed redevelopment on the site on Lawson Street comprises an L-shaped building of two blocks ranging between seven and nine storeys.
The designs, by architect Falconer Chester Hall, include an onsite gym, amenity areas, study spaces, a cinema room, a landscaped roof terrace, laundry facilities and cycle storage.
The existing site comprises of a one-storey elevated car park adjacent to an existing 10 storey student residential development.
Zerum is advising Caro on planning for the scheme and LDA Design is advising on landscaping.
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