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An incredible £1.1bn plan to transform one of the UK’s prettiest cities will create 6,500 jobs and help grow York’s economy by 20%.
Earlier this year National Rail signed an agreement with Homes England, and developers McLaren Property and Arlington Real Estate to regenerate one of UK’s largest brownfield sites near York Railway Station.
It is one of the UK’s biggest city centre regeneration schemes, covering 45 hectares.
The development will create 2,500 new homes – including 20% affordable housing – and up to a million square feet of office, retail and hospitality space, to the back of York station.
Robin Dobson, group property director at Network Rail, called the wider project “a hugely important scheme” and “a major step forward” for the city.
Mr Dobson said: “York Central is a hugely important scheme and given its scale and significance to the region signing the development agreement is a major step forward. Infrastructure is at the centre of York Central’s success – from using our brownfield land to creating a new community delivering investment, jobs, new homes and amazing open space – all that neighbours the rail network.”
York Central will include a new 17-acre urban park, 50% of the scheme has been allocated to green space that will connect the new development to the surrounding neighbourhoods and the city centre.
Improvements will also be made to York station, which see’s millions of customers annually and the National Railway Museum.
The development is the 19th top construction project for 2024, according to Barbour ABI.
Prep has already started, with £135m of infrastructure works. They are also building 2km of new roads, including bus lanes, segregated footpaths and cycleways, and two new bridges.
Allan Cook, founder of Arlington Real Estate, said: “York Central is recognised as one of the largest city centre regeneration schemes in the UK and will deliver huge benefits, not only for the people of York and its visitors, but for the wider economy.”
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