Plans to transform former Southampton nightclub into student flats
A developer has put forward plans to tear down the Voodoo Lounge and Buyology site near Above Bar to make way for hundreds of apartments.
If their proposals are given the green light, a building up to 11 storeys high would rise up from Vincents Walk. and tower over Above Bar It means that there are currently more than £260 million of major student accommodation developments that have been recently completed, are being built or are planned in the city.
The sites, offering rooms for more than 4,000 students, include the Mayflower Halls and City Gateway schemes that are now open and others such as the former B&Q site in Mayfield Road and Back of the Walls which have planning permission.
Victoria Hall Management, which runs student accommodation across the country, has filed plans for the new building of up to 11 storeys in Vincents Walk.
If they are approved the buildings housing the former Voodoo Lounge nightclub and current Buyology discount store would be torn down ..