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An enormous amount of investment has been - and continues to be - made in the City of Wolverhampton. Major ‘Change Zones’ have already been designated with a number of very significant regeneration schemes identified.
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The City of Wolverhampton welcomes further investors who will find a local council determined to assist them through every stage, from preplanning, through the planning process and onto delivery. The City of Wolverhampton will make it happen. Wolverhampton is ‘The City of Opportunity’.
Here's what businesses have to say about us...
Peter Cornforth Director of Retail Benson Elliot Capitial Management
Philip Leech
This is a city clearly committed to success led with vision and dynamism by a hugely impressive city council.
Property Director Urban and Civic
The pro-business atmosphere is one of the main reasons why we were attracted to Wolverhampton.
Nicholas Pink
Wolverhampton City Centre Investment Prospectus
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Stewart Towe Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership Chairman
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Wolverhampton: City of Opportunity
Having a skills base and supply chain for the aerospace, automotive and construction industries in the city, plus the housing and lifestyle benefits of a place at the heart of the UK, are what make Wolverhampton an exciting opportunity for the future.
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A confident regional partner, City of Wolverhampton is an exemplar for modern local government where the resident is at the heart of sound commercial decision-making.
OO Council-owned, ready-to-go sites Tim Johnson, Deputy Managing Director City of Wolverhampton Council 01902 555400 tim.johnson@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Richard Brown, Planning Director CBRE 0121 609 7666 Richard.Brown3@cbre.com
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Relocating the business to i54 was a key strategic move for MOOG. We now have a first class facility which will allow us to support & build on our marketleading position in Europe and globally.
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Stuart McLachlan Business Unit General Manager Wolverhampton Operations Moog Aircraft Group
Why choose City of Wolverhampton? OO Great location and connectivity
Coming to Wolverhampton you really see the innovation, drive and ambition to help businesses succeed and improve.
1 – fDi magazine; 2 – The MJ Local Government Achievement Awards 2017; 3 – Money Supermarket Family Living Index; 4 – Ranked 5th in Property Week’s Hot 100 Retail Locations 2016; 5 – Quality Formations; 6 – The UHW Hacker Young Study
Managing Director ION (formerly Neptune Developments Ltd) Taking forward i9 with a greater emphasis on design quality will enable us to develop a building unique to Wolverhampton.
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The City Centre Retail and Leisure Core This is a large area of important change for the City, comprising opportunities for significant new leisure and retail development. The Westside Scheme, which is a major mixed use leisure development to be delivered by Urban and Civic, is due to commence shortly. This will complement the ongoing improvement and expansion of the Mander Shopping Centre by its owners Benson Elliot, which also includes the opening of a new Debenhams department store in autumn 2017.
Westside MOLINEUX FOOTBALL GROUND
Interchange and Commercial Quarter
The Royal and St George’s A number of prominent residential schemes will be brought forward in this area on land under the control of the Council and the Homes and Communities Agency. Along with Canalside South, these sites on the eastern edges of the city centre will help to create an attractive residential quarter.
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Molineux Quarter The vision for the Molineux Quarter, with the Chinese conglomerate Fosun International (the new owners of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club), the Council and the University of Wolverhampton working closely together, is to bring forward new development opportunities and radically transform the public realm. The ambition is to realise a unique opportunity to knit the Football Club and University fully into the fabric of the City Centre.
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Canalside South
CIVIC HALL
Springfield Campus The Springfield Campus will accommodate the next phases of the University of Wolverhampton’s major expansion plans. The site will be home to the School of Architecture and the Built Environment, which will be a centre of excellence for the built environment, construction and high value manufacturing. The West Midlands Construction University Technical College (WMCUTC) opened on the site in November 2016, with an Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills Hub also due to open in January 2018.
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Springfield Campus CITY LEARNING QUARTER
Canalside South The main site owners, which comprise the Council, Network Rail and the Canal and River Trust, have come together to form a Partnership to bring forward development. Canalside South will deliver a high quality residential opportunity which can take advantage of its canal setting and position close to the transport interchange. Interchange and Commercial Quarter This is the focus for the City’s commercial office quarter, complemented by a £150m integrated transport interchange hub scheme which is under construction. Following the success of the award winning i10 office, the design of the next office building (i9) is well underway and there are significant other available opportunities identified for new office and other mixed-use developments in the area.
City centre living at The Royal
Molineux Quarter