THE vision of a £65m revamp to a Wirral seaside resort has been unveiled by developers, as they prepare a final push to attract new businesses to the site.
Neptune, the company behind the transformation of New Brighton, is aiming to sign up tenants for the massive scheme now re-branded as Marine Point, the largest such development in Wirral for decades.
Already Morrisons and Travelodge are on board for the scheme, with a 1,000-seat six-screen Light Cinema also part of the development which is taking shape on the seafront.
Development director for Neptune, Rob Mason, said the scheme was on track for completion through summer, 2011, as he revealed a new fly-through showing of what the finished scheme will look like.
The fly-through of the scheme is intended to showcase to potential investors how the retail space totalling 40,000 sq ft and leisure space – with external waterside seating – also totalling 40,000 sq ft, works together.
There is also a standalone leisure building offering 23,000 sq ft over two floors with a heated external open-air Lido.
This is the second phase of the project which also included the award-winning rebuilt Floral Pavilion Theatre which now attracts 260,000 visitors a year and offers conference facilities.
It is close to the end of a long journey for the scheme which has been through a major redesign following a lengthy public inquiry and had, at one point, divided residents in the town.
