Developer unveils Rochdale Riverside designs
Genr8 has released artist’s impressions of how its proposed Rochdale Riverside retail and leisure scheme could look, ahead of the submission of a planning application in the coming weeks.
The development is set to be 200,000 sq ft in size, designed by architect TP Bennett.
Rochdale Riverside is a part of Rochdale town centre’s £250m regeneration programme, which so far has seen the re-opening of the River Roch and the construction of Rochdale Council’s customer service centre, library and office building, Number One Riverside.
The council-backed scheme will contain around 25 retail and leisure units, including restaurants and cafes.
High street retail giants Next and M&S have already signed up to operate from Rochdale Riverside, with Reel planning to open a six screen cinema in the development.
Council leader Richard Farnell, said: “This fantastic development will bring top high street names into Rochdale for the first time and give our early evening economy a much needed shot in the arm. A vibrant town centre with lots of shops and restaurants is something our residents have wanted for a long time and this scheme will deliver all this and more.”
Rochdale Riverside is being delivered in a joint venture between Genr8 Developments, and Kajima Partnerships. The agent is Cheetham & Mortimer.
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Your Comments
I do not like this development
Elephant… you may as well say “I do not like development”…..
If it integrates a leisure element encouraging the evening economy, and links the town to its river that can only be good for Rochdale.
About time!!!
Impostor Elephant strikes again. I think Rochdale is doing a good job. Oldham too. Both now look better than Murmansk,Sorry Stockport.
This would be amazing for our town . I am so proud to be from here, yet we seem to attract some bad press. Let’s hope it creates jobs and a more lucrative outcome for the town and its residents. I would love shop somewhere nice and local.