Former Azendi jeweller’s store could become office

8:14am Tuesday 19th February 2013 in Business news

A FORMER jeweller’s store in York city centre could be turned into an office for a financial or professional services company.

Azendi in Colliergate closed last year and the building has been empty since.

Its owners say there has been little demand for it as a shop and have now been granted planning permission to change its use, to try to find someone to move into the site.

Planning guidance says that in any shopping street, non-shop businesses should account for less than 35 per cent of the total and a city council report said this move would take Colliergate’s figure to 34 per cent, so should be allowed.

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offa says...
10:04am Tue 19 Feb 13

For Heaven's sake, how many more financial firms does York need?

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Oncebitten says...
11:33am Tue 19 Feb 13

It seems like a better idea than having a decaying building.

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Capt. Dobie says...
11:42am Tue 19 Feb 13

The financial firm: coffee shop ratio must be at least 1:1 to allow rival firms to have their own 'patch'. When their patch is consider 'below par', a coffee-shop turf-war ensues like West Side Story, so that there is movement and competition.


Or summink....

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