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icks and mortar<br />
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so that performances can take place in the square,”<br />
says Karen. It is estimated that the dance building<br />
alone will attract up to 70,000 visitors a year.<br />
Cathedral, who specialise in urban regeneration<br />
projects, have been working on this plan for<br />
eight years now, and are leading a public-private<br />
partnership which includes site owners <strong>Brighton</strong><br />
& Hove City Council, the University of <strong>Brighton</strong>,<br />
and South East Dance. Demolition of the existing<br />
site will start in July, and construction is scheduled<br />
to begin in November. <strong>Brighton</strong>’s spanking new<br />
quarter is planned to be completed by September<br />
2017, in time for the new university term.<br />
It looks like the City Council chose well in selecting<br />
the London property developers for the job. They<br />
have gone more than the extra yard with public<br />
consultation, opened out the space for community<br />
activities (including <strong>Brighton</strong> Festival events) and<br />
collected many more letters of support than of objection<br />
to the scheme. A recent regeneration project<br />
in London, the Library Building in Clapham, won<br />
them 12 prestigious awards.<br />
I’m convinced by Hove-resident Karen’s enthusiastic<br />
manner that Cathedral’s attempts to embrace<br />
and include the community in the project is out<br />
of a genuine desire to do a blindingly good job for<br />
the city, rather than being a sophisticated charm<br />
offensive.<br />
“If it all goes to plan, it looks like it’s going to be<br />
amazing,” I tell her.<br />
“What do you mean ‘if’? she replies.<br />
Alex Leith<br />
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