The old offices of the Lancashire Telegraph in Blackburn are set to be transformed into luxury ‘city living’ apartments.
Plans have been submitted to create 66 flats with car parking spaces at the four-storey Railway Road building in the centre of the town. The properties will be aimed at young professionals.
The building was sold for a reported £850,000 earlier this year to Doncaster-based Empire Property Concepts.
He said: “Our business model is to take disused office buildings or those that no longer have a use and develop them.
According to Empire’s own website Paul Rothwell has built up a £33m property fortune in 13 years.
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