College set to build £42m campus

A college will build a £42m campus on the site of a former school it bought from Northamptonshire County Council.

Tresham Institute will build its new Corby campus at the current educational site, used by Corby Community College.

It is part of a £63m redevelopment plan that the college will take to the Northamptonshire Learning and Skills Council, at the end of the month.

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Southern Gateway Construction Commences

First building starts at Corby’s Southern Gateway

Construction is underway at Corby’s Southern Gateway Business Park, forecast to bring hundreds of jobs to the town in a long-term development.
Tri-Towns Developments Ltd say the first buildings will comprise a Beefeater family pub restaurant and Premier Inn budget hotel.
But Mark Best, of Tri Town’s Developments, says there is also strong interest in the site, which sits off the A6003, for office and industrial space.
He said: “We are delighted that Whitbread have commenced the developed of the family pub and budget hotel.”
“The fact that Whitbread have acquired a site highlights the prominence of the site and the types and calibre of occupiers the site is going to attract.”
“I am pleased to say that we have some very good interest from a number of occupiers from both within the Corby area and from further a field for both industrial and office buildings and I am therefore confident that further building will be constructed on the site very quickly.”

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Contact Details for the Oakley Hay Beefeater:

1 Little Colliers Field
Corby
Northants
NN18 8TJ
T: 01536 462790

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Corby is top of the shops

Shoppers are delighted with new stores in Corby town centre.
Surveys have revealed shopper satisfaction ratings have soared since Willow Place opened its doors in October last year.

The questionnaires were undertaken on behalf of town centre owners and managers Land Securities.

The average satisfaction score reached 78 per cent in the independent survey carried out during early spring – about double that of previous results, an achievement described by the firm which carried out the survey as ‘remarkable’.

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A jewel in the crown for local shopping

As a county, we’re quite lucky to be on the doorstep of some excellent shopping cities such as Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Peterborough, Cambridge and Milton Keynes.
But within our county, people generally only consider Northampton as a decent place to shop.

However, Spree knows there are hidden gems out there, so for the next three weeks, we will be looking at three of our area’s other potential shopping stop-offs – Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough.

This week Spree took to the streets of Corby to find out exactly what’s on offer.

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Corby university plans gather momentum

Space has been designated for a university campus as part of the new £20m Tresham Institute campus to be built in Corby.
Tresham and partner Corby Council have put in a bid for the site of Corby Community College from the county council, which owns the 16-acre site off Oakley Road.

Most of the land will be used for the Tresham campus, which will relocate from its current base in George Street, but a portion of the site, near the rail station in Station Road, will be set aside for the university.

The move has been made possible as the current secondary school on the site is closing and pupils will be transferring to the brand new Corby Business Academy, due to open this September.

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Corby rail station on track to open by Christmas

The Government organisation is still thrashing out the details for the timetable to be drawn up by East Midlands Trains, which will be running the service, but has said the plan is to have the service in place for the end of the year.

Banners have gone up at the site to remind Corby residents they will be able to travel to the capital from the town in the near future.

Contractors are on site in Station Road putting in infrastructure.

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Next phase of Corby town centre

The second phase of Corby town centre regeneration follows hot on the heels of the £40m Willow Place development which opened in October.
The £100m second part of the four-phase scheme will include houses, public spaces, leisure facilities and more shops.

Two further stages in the next 10 years will focus on New Post Office Square and the Oasis Retail Park.

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Plans for £100m town development

Another section of a Northamptonshire town could be redeveloped following a £50m overhaul last year.

A plan for a £100m development has been submitted to Corby Borough Council by town centre owners, Land Securities.

The new scheme would see a department store, flats with roof gardens and an entertainment area including a multi-screen cinema built.

If the planning application is approved construction work would start at the end of 2009, Land Securities said.

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Corby to receive a £50m makeover

A £50m regeneration landmark buildings project to transform Corby has been given the go-ahead by councillors.

A £32.6m Civic Hub and an £18m 50-metre international pool will be built in the Northamptonshire town as part of the Parkland Gateway development.

The Civic Hub will include a theatre, library and restaurant, while the pool complex could become a regional centre of excellence.

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