The Borough Council is asking for offers for it’s North Quay offices site.
The prominent site on Weymouth Harbour is a prime development opportunity, and is being offered for sale freehold. To assist with the sale the Council has obtained agreement for the granting of outline planning consent to demolish the offices and replace it with a mixed use development of 72 homes and 216 sq m of commercial space.
Cllr Ian Bruce, Weymouth & Portland Borough Council’s Chairman of Management Committee said: “We would like to hear from developers who are interested in the site and we look forward to seeing what proposals are submitted to our Selling agents.
“Selling the site and moving to smaller, cheaper-to-run offices in the town centre will reduce council running costs and provide a significant capital sum.”
Once bids have been made, the options will be reviewed and reported to the borough council’s Management Committee on 6 December.
As part of the Borough Council’s project to sell North Quay and relocate to smaller, cheaper-to-run offices in the town centre, the public will benefit from an extra 20 parking spaces at North Quay until redevelopment begins.
With more staff working across sites in Weymouth and Dorchester the need for spaces in the North Quay car park has reduced. This means the Borough Council are able to offer these extra spaces to the public from October 1 until developers take over the site.
Redevelopment of the North Quay site is one of the first stages of the Council’s town centre master plan.
