Leicester city council has wo
n detailed consent for a scheme on the site of its former HQ building on New Walk in the city centre.
The 1970s-era New Walk Centre was flattened in February and will be replaced by two buildings of up to five storeys totalling 50,000 sq ft, with a central tree-lined square linked to New Walk and a thoroughfare connecting the 1.8-acre site to Welford Road.
Financial firm Mattioli Woods has prelet the entire office element of the scheme. The first phase will complete by Q1 2017.
