From redundant office blocks to old cinema and club sites, bold new plans are set to shape the future of the sites, changing the skyline forever.
In the biggest application, submitted to Southend Council, Comer Homes wants to turn Alexander House, an old HMRC office block in Victoria Avenue, into 557 self-contained flats with shops on the ground floor.
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In Alexander Street, developer Vikesh Kotecha has submitted plans to convert the partially-demolished Empire Theatre, later known as the ABC cinema, into 22 luxury self-contained flats with shops on the ground floor.
The same developer is also planning on a development on the former Churchill’s diner site, in Tylers Avenue, which has been vacant since 2021.
This is where new homes need to be built, not on the greenbelt! But the utilities and services need to be increased in line with them. And seldom does that ever happen.
