{"id":40046,"date":"2024-05-28T16:08:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T15:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=40046"},"modified":"2024-05-27T17:32:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T16:32:13","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-railways-doorstep-boosting-york-with-a-1bn-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=40046","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (railway\u2019s) doorstep\u2019: Boosting York with a \u00a31bn development"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34822\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/York_Aerial_view_DACP_Commons_Wikimedia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>Network Rail has signed a \u00a31.1bn agreement to regenerate one of UK\u2019s largest brownfield sites \u2013 York Central \u2013 in a significant boost the economy.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=3931899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aerial view of York<\/a> by DACP, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons Wikimedia<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Network Rail writes:<\/p>\n<p>The development near York railway station has the potential to create up to 6,500 jobs and help grow York\u2019s economy by 20%. We\u2019ve signed a development agreement with Homes England, the government\u2019s housing and regeneration agency, and developers McLaren Property and Arlington Real Estate to be strategic development partners for York Central. It\u2019s one of the UK\u2019s biggest city centre regeneration schemes, covering 45 hectares. We\u2019ll work together to transform the site alongside partners, the City of York Council and National Railway Museum. It will mean 2,500 new homes \u2013 including 20% affordable housing \u2013 and up to a million square feet of office, retail and hospitality space, to the back of York station. We\u2019ll also be improving York station and National Railway Museum. Plus, York Central will include a new 17-acre urban park. In fact, the development has allocated 50% of the site to green space that will connect the new development to the surrounding neighbourhoods and the city centre. Prep has already started, with \u00a3135m of infrastructure works. We\u2019re building 2km of new roads, including bus lanes, segregated footpaths and cycleways, and two new bridges.<\/p>\n<p>Robin Dobson, group property director at Network Rail, called the wider project \u2018a hugely important scheme\u2019 and \u2018a major step forward\u2019 for the city. Tom Gilman, regional managing director of McLaren Property, said: \u2018This is a fantastic opportunity for the city and a milestone moment in the delivery of York Central.\u2019 Allan Cook, founder of Arlington Real Estate, said: \u2018York Central is recognised as one of the largest city centre regeneration schemes in the UK and will deliver huge benefits, not only for the people of York and its visitors, but for the wider economy.\u2019 We couldn\u2019t agree more and can\u2019t wait to see this project come to life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkrail.co.uk\/stories\/boosting-york-with-a-1bn-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Network Rail has signed a \u00a31.1bn agreement to regenerate one of UK\u2019s largest brownfield sites \u2013 York Central \u2013 in a significant boost the economy. image for illustration: Aerial view of York by DACP, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons Wikimedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40046","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40047,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40046\/revisions\/40047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}