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Council Kickstarts Regeneration of St James’ House, Queen Street in Town Centre

Colchester Borough Council is set to demolish St. James’s House, in a move that will further regenerate and revitalise St. Botolph’s area of the town. Anglia Demolition will demolish the building, which has stood unused for many years.

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Greater Anglia announces £8m additional investment to improve Essex Train Services

The £8 million investment will see the operator lease an additional 10 Class 321 trains, eight of which will be retained and refurbished as part of the train operator’s permanent fleet.  In addition there will be other improvements.

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Three Further Leisure pre-lets announced at Colchester’s Northern Gateway

Turnstone Estates has agreed three further pre-lets at the Northern Gateway leisure, sport and business development in Colchester. The 18 acre site will be anchored by a 12 screen cinema with Superscreen and 4DX, operated by Cineworld.  This will be joined by Travelodge for a proposed 80 bedroom hotel; Smashburger, which is continuing its UK roll out of specialist burger restaurants and Lethington Leisure will bring a Paradise Island Adventure Golf Centre.

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