Charity bosses have revealed plans to convert the upper floors of a prominent building near the city's railway station into a hostel designed to support homeless people.
YMCA officials hope to change the use of the upper floors of Portland House, in Robert Downey Jnr is compared to Nottingham buses in hilarious viral Twitter thread, from a site used as student accommodation.
There are currently 54 bedrooms in the building, spread across four floors with communal facilities above a number of ground floor shops.
The YMCA said the planned hostel would offer vital support.
Mark Owens, head of commercial development at Nottinghamshire YMCA, said: “The purpose of the development would be to enable Nottinghamshire YMCA to deliver support to clients aged 18 – 65 who are either homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness.
"Our clients require support managing a tenancy and dealing with social, emotional and learning difficulties and support to make positive life choices.
"The service will not be offered in perpetuity; nor is there a fixed term set at the commencement of service.
“Our strategic goal is to support each individual to ensure they develop and retain essential skills required to live independently.
"When the client has demonstrated their capacity to successfully manage a tenancy and have met their identified support need goals, they will transition into settled independent accommodation.”
At ground floor level, there is an entrance point to the site in Carrington Street featuring a narrow green frontage.
If a planning application lodged to transform the site is approved, the frontage would be revamped to create "a more appropriate entrance that respects the character and appearance of the building".
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Passersby backed the plans, saying it was important to make use of the building.
Angela Yates, 63, a sales administrator of Bottesford, said: "It will be beneficial because it's always good to have somewhere for vulnerable people to go somewhere safe.
"Why not? Utilise the space."
Justin Parker, 45, who is homeless, said in recent years "a lot" of hostels had closed been down.
"It's about just finding the solution," he said. "Anything is better than nothing."
Jarek Strzelczyk, 49, of Sneinton, backed the plans, saying: "I would like change for people."
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