This eyesore shopping centre is finally going – but there's still one big problem
It's a relic of a bygone era in a corner of Manchester on the cusp of complete transformation. And for the hundreds of people living in the towers around Eastford Square who see the 'eyesore' every day, its removal can't come quick enough.
READ MORE: Bizarre moment Manchester councillor puts on faceless MASK during debate... leaving leader with her head in her hands "I can't wait," says Michael Hattemore, who has lived in a flat on Hamerton Road for 23 years. "It's awful. It was lovely when it was all shops. All these used to be flats. But they chucked those people out and the shops deteriorated."
But Janet Green, who lives elsewhere in Collyhurst, reckons people will be happy to see it go. "It's an eyesore waking up to it every morning," she says.Eastford Square has been 'identified for development' as part of a major plan to transform north Manchester forever. Under the Victoria North scheme, a joint venture between Manchester council and Far East Consortium , 15,000 new homes will be built along the River Irk valley over a 20 year period.
Tenants of 22 council homes on the existing estate which are set to be knocked down have been offered like-for-like properties on the new site just metres from where they currently live. But the seven properties and the convenience store which are privately owned will be forced to sell up soon. The first 10 new council homes are set to be finished in the next financial year with the rest to be done by the year after. The privately owned properties on the existing estate have now been served compulsory purchase orders .
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