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Plans to transform a key site in Hull city centre have taken a major step forward with news that a contractor has been appointed to demolish the vacant retail units that currently stand there.
The project will take place at the 2.7-acre Myton Retail Park, where the former American Golf and Maplin stores are set to be demolished. PBS Construction has been named as the successful bidder for the tender to carry out the work and then extend the car park on the site.
However, the location will not be a permanent car park, with the location being a prime city centre site bordered by Myton Street and Ferensway that the council has earmarked for prime redevelopment.
Leader of Hull city Council, Councillor Daren Hale, commented: “The Myton Retail Park was acquired by the council last year as a strategic gateway site that will open the door for future development.”
He added: “In the meantime, the proposed works will reduce the council’s holding costs and also generate car park income.”
In carrying out this work, the council is demonstrating an optimistic view of the future for Hull, a city that for a long time has suffered from geographical isolation and the decline of its port.
However, a combination of government policies aimed at levelling up the regions, not least coastal cities, plus the specific growth of the offshore energy sector, has given Hull new impetus that offers plenty of hope for the future.
Scaffolders in Hull may be keen to see what new development plans emerge as investors in the city contemplate the potential offered by the Myton site once it is clear.
The government’s help towards the development of the city comes in the form of £19.5 million of Levelling Up Fund cash, much of which could keep the construction sector very busy, not so much with new build projects but work that involves the restoration of existing buildings.
A total of £7.5 million in grants, each of up to £750,000, will be made available to those proposing projects that will restore existing buildings, improve “dilapidated” buildings, bring existing but unused floorspace back into use or convert buildings for “sustainable use”. This will cover an area of the city centre around Whitefriargate and Albion Square.
Perhaps just as important as the city’s work in developing the renewable energy sector to combat climate change through providing alternatives to fossil fuels is the work being undertaken to protect it from the consequences of the very same environmental issue.
The official opening this month of the city’s new flood defences means 113,000 homes and businesses are now better protected, helping to prevent repeats of the severe floods of 2007 and 2013. Not only does this mean avoiding disruption and chaos when such events might occur; it can also be taken as a positive sign about the future of the city.
With better protection against flooding and new economic growth, Hull may well see plenty of new investment in the next few years, with the Myton site being just one of the locations where cranes and scaffolds will be seen.
