The once gracious
Post Office in the town centre, and the much newer
University of Brighton building adjacent/behind it, are to become 41 flats and 667 square metres of commercial floorspace (
The Argus). Very glad to see the old Post Office building will be refurbished, but sad that the University of Brighton couldn't find enough students for its Hastings campus. Oh yes, and where will the new inhabitants find to park vehicles?
And things are moving for business around
Hastings Castle and
St Mary in the Castle, 10 years ago our glittering 'Jewel in the Crown' (
blog), but sadly not for the church itself at the moment. The management of Hastings Castle and the adjacent cafe by the top of West Hill lift, is now to be run by Troika Projects (
HBC website), and the shopping arcade, design based on
Burlington Arcade, is to become a food hall with 7 different ethnic food restaurant booths (
Sussex World); Indian, Italian, Turkish, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Now I do realise that there are roadworks in other parts of town, and my thoughts go out to the drivers, and pedestrians, who have to put up with them. But nearest to where I live are these roadworks by
The Carlisle at the seafront, and where they go on and on, no joke...
