The former reel store at the York Press HQ is demolished
DEMOLITION work on The Press’s former offices in York has begun to clear the way for a new student flats complex.
Plans by York-based S Harrison Developments Ltd to build more than 350 flats and apartments on the Walmgate site were approved by City of York Council last autumn.
The scheme also includes new 6,500sq ft purpose-built offices for The Press on the same site next to Hurst’s Yard.
Once completed, the £35 million scheme will have 648 rooms for students and a new frontage on to Walmgate, where operator Student Castle will have its management suite, reception and student common room.
A new archway will be built where the entrance to the car park currently stands.
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