One of the reasons I’m so optimistic about the future of our town and city centres is the people…
…council colleagues, BID teams, #property agents, landlords, businesses, community leaders, cultural organisation members, shopping centre asset managers and more, working hard amongst often complex, sometimes competing challenges to make their places the best they can be.
Their expertise, creativity, determination and resilience is why I’m confident in suggesting to those taking up our tackling #highstreet vacancy approach that they can set as an objective halving the number of empty units in 18 months, even if they’re starting with a rate in the mid / high teens or over 20 per cent.
If that’s your place and you’d like to join our Academy Network and make a start on reducing those numbers and improving the mix of uses you have, getting a positive, proactive, ‘place partnership’ in play is a crucial first step.
We’d be really happy to talk you through it…
The image set is from our most recent out & about, an enjoyable, insightful stop off in Bolton town centre, much of it focusing on its historic ‘Market Place’ and how the asset, management and lettings teams there are innovating beyond the typical, traditional so it evolves with the times. It’s a real interesting and encouraging story…
