The 19th Century Great Central Railway building – a former wagon repair works, located off Upperton Road, and once facing demolition, has won a Leicester Civic Society Award.

The building which was once dilapidated and vandalised was restored in a £10 m revamp by our client Jamie Lewis to provide retail units and a coffee shop a cycle store.

SPACE advised on the development site from the outset, with lettings to Evans Cycles, Nisbets and Starbucks, alongside a Lidl foodstore.

The panel were immensely impressed by the high quality of the extremely complex structural work undertaken by Staniforth and RG+P Architects and their contractors.

The awards will be presented at an event on Friday April 15 with Peter Chandler, creative workspace development manager for Leicester City Council as guest speaker.

For more information contact susan.harrison@space-rpc.com