Great Minds Think Alike

19th October 2011

The room was full today at the Wolverhampton Development Forum and there was a definite buzz in the room as agents, developers, planning consultants, property owners and stakeholders met to look at proposals for the regeneration of the city centre.

Issues that came up were the need to attract more family friendly and leisure attractions, the requirement for quality modern offices, improving the flow of traffic and pedestrians, ensuring sufficient car parking for developments and support from the council in preparing sites.

I sensed an air of optimism at the conference hot on the heels of the news about the three supermarket developments and the announcement that Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is to invest over £300m create up to 750 jobs at a new factory on a site near Wolverhampton.

The next stage is for the City Council to produce a city centre prospectus and look to target new investors and developers. WV One will be supporting the City Council, retailers and developers at every opportunity.