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How the city centre will change

Coventry’s landscape is changing with building work taking place across the city.

From Friargate to Bishop Gate, our city has been earmarked for massive change over the next few years.

We give you a glimpse of the future with a look at the many developments either taking place or planned in Coventry

See what the future of Coventry looks like by clicking on the gallery above

Friargate

Coventry's £59million Friargate development will include homes, shops, restaurants, hotels and office units when it is completed.

Work is currently being carried out on the new pedestrian boulevard into the city centre and is due to be completed later this spring.

Once finished, the pedestrian boulevard will provide a landscaped pathway for people walking between the railway station and the city centre.

Two weeks ago, Coventry City Council unveiled the first images of its new £40m base at the development.

The 13-storey office block will be the first building at the new development, with work expected to start next month.

It is expected to take two years to build the new offices – as well as some public realm and infrastructure work.

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Bishop Gate

The latest plans for Coventry's long-awaited Bishop Gate scheme will include more than 400 luxury apartments.

The developers Barberry Group unveiled the new plan to overhaul the city’s derelict Royal Mail sorting office, in July last year.

Although work still hasn't started on the £70mi project, developers say the project is still in the pipeline.

If it goes ahead, the new development will be the first build-to-rent scheme in the Midlands and will combine one and two-bedroom homes with a range of retail and leisure facilities.

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Plans could include a restaurant, gym, coffee shop, florist and a convenience store as well as a 78-space car park.

The first set of plans for the building was a supermarket-led development, including a guy and leisure facilities - as well as a 585-space car park.

Alternative proposals were drawn up after the scheme failed to attract a main supermarket chain. The second set of plans were for a mixed use scheme including office facilities across two floors and retail units on the ground floor.

Cathedral Lanes

The city's Cathedral Lanes shopping centre is set to be revamped into a new restaurant and bar quarter after being sold in a £5.5mi deal.

The shopping mall in Broadgate was bought by London-based firm Shearer Property Group in October last year.

Three months after the deal was signed, the Coventry Telegraph revealed that three well-known restaurant chains - Wagamama, Las Iguanas and The Cosy Club - had signed up to the development.

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The new owners say they plan to have the first phase completed and all bars and restaurants open in time for Christmas.

The building’s colonnade will be retained and new balconies will be created at first floor to give diners outside seating with views over Broadgate.

Coventry city centre

This show the latest plans for redevelopment in Coventry city centre.

The artist's impression of planned work at Gosford Street, Lidice Place/Queen Victoria Road and Belgrade Square was released by the council.

It also includes the original plans for the Canal Basin bridge - which have been shelved.

The planned work will see changes to pedestrianised areas and road layouts to tie in with recent changes at Broadgate, Council House Square and around Far Gosford Street.

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Coventry city centre - Coventry University

Coventry University has unveiled plans to spend £125m revamping an historic part of the city centre.

Campus bosses have signed a deal to buy four ageing council buildings between Little Park Street and Much Park Street as part of a major expansion of the university.

The plans include a new headquarters, an international student centre, a research hotel and a business incubation unit.

The 4.3-acre site will be developed when the council moves to its new headquarters at Friargate in 2017.

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Gosford Gate

Plans have been approved for a £20m student accommodation and retail development in Coventry.

Construction work is set to start in the summer on Gosford Gate - the final piece of an 18-year regeneration project in the city.

The scheme - a mixed use development at the entrance to Far Gosford Street - will feature restaurants and shops as well as 286 student bedrooms.

The development will provide a link between Coventry University and the city's new creative quarter, anchored by FarGo Village.

Complex Development Projects, which has worked in partnership with Coventry City Council to regenerate the area, is working with Unite Students to deliver the project.

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