{"id":18536,"date":"2018-03-27T16:03:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T15:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=18536"},"modified":"2018-03-26T18:39:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T17:39:03","slug":"award-winning-hastings-pier-for-sale-after-charity-folds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=18536","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning Hastings pier for sale after charity folds\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bbc_website_270318.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18537\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bbc_website_270318.png\" alt=\"bbc website\" width=\"300\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a>Hastings Pier, transformed into an architectural prize-winner after being ravaged by fire, is being sold as the body that ran it &#8211; Hastings Pier Charity \u2013 has folded.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The BBC writes:<\/p>\n<p>Hastings Pier which originally opened in 1872 was almost completely destroyed in a fire in 2010.Heritage Lottery Funding saw the Grade II listed pier rebuilt but the charity running it went bust last year.<\/p>\n<p>Administrators tasked real estate company GVA with finding a buyer for the freehold. A spokesman for the firm said they are considering all offers.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Baldwin of GVA said: \u2018Hastings Pier has undergone a remarkable transformation. The pier is unique, and offers a custodian the opportunity to acquire a piece of Britain&#8217;s seaside heritage, with great potential as a leisure destination.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Peter Chowney, leader of Hastings Borough Council, said: \u2018I&#8217;m concerned any company, any individual or organisation buying it would need to respect the &#8216;people&#8217;s pier&#8217; principle. We wouldn&#8217;t want to see it over commercialised, but everyone recognises it has to make money.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The 280m (919ft) long pier was restored and reopened to the public in April 2016. In 2017 it won the RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-sussex-43133029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See background in <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=17147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IHBC NewsBlogs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hastings Pier, transformed into an architectural prize-winner after being ravaged by fire, is being sold as the body that ran it &#8211; Hastings Pier Charity \u2013 has folded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18538,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18536\/revisions\/18538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}