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Oliver Pridmore

Nottingham City Council hopes to 'maintain progress' on Broadmarsh redevelopment with contract extension

Nottingham City Council has extended a contract for a company supporting its Broadmarsh redevelopment to "maintain pace and progress" on the project. Since the collapse of intu in 2020, work to transform the Broadmarsh area under phase one has mainly focused on demolishing the former shopping centre.

Other elements of the phase one work have included the connection of Lister Gate and Collin Street and further work on developing a 'masterplan' for the wider project. The authority has now announced that a company providing "dedicated programme manager support" for the Broadmarsh has been extended.

The contract is with RL Management Ltd, though the cost of the contract extension has not been made public. In documents approving the extension, published on May 31, the council says: "Continuing to provide dedicated programme manager support for the Greater Broadmarsh Programme is essential to maintain pace and progress for a key regeneration area in the City Centre.

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"Broadmarsh is a critical and complex development and additional support is required to ensure that the council is able to optimise the full potential of the redevelopment for the city and effectively manage the associated risks. The considerable amount of knowledge and specialist expertise held by the consultant currently appointed for the programme means it reduces the risks for the council and is considered to be best value for money."

The first phase of the Broadmarsh work was funded through grants including £7.99 million from the Local Enterprise Partnership and £4 million from the Government's Transforming Cities Fund. But Nottingham City Council's leader, David Mellen, said in January that progress on the Broadmarsh may be "slower" after a Levelling Up Fund bid for a crucial part of the project's next phase was rejected.

The authority's £20 million bid would have been used to retain and enhance the shell of the former shopping centre. The Government has twice rejected a Broadmarsh bid through the Levelling Up Fund, but the council is set to bid for it again during the fund's third round.

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