The historic Corn Exchange in Angel Street (Image: NQ)
The Corn Exchange does not need “fundamentally changing” to become a theatre cafe, councillors have heard.
Architect Helen Grassly, who is leading the Scala project, addressed the city council’s planning committee on Thursday (March 21).
She said: “The Corn Exchange, we’re stabilising, we’re putting in better quality light fittings - LED, we’re improving the quality of the toilets and so on but we’re not fundamentally changing the space.
“It will be great as a bar/cafe space and perhaps some pop-up music.”
Bringing the building’s mezzanine floor back into use is something that could happen in the future but isn’t part of the initial plans for the building for cost reasons.
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