An ambitious £13m plan to regenerate Preston's Friargate area has been given the go-ahead by city planners.
It will be the largest construction project in the city and the company behind it, Cheshire-based Portergate, believes it will play a major role in reviving the area – as well as creating much-needed local employment in the building sector.
The apartments will also be aimed at post-graduate students and apprentices working in the city’s high-tech manufacturing sector and its new Enterprise Zone.
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