Student flats work to start on two former De Montfort University buildings
Work to turn two former university buildings into flats for about 250 students should start in a few weeks.
Developer Launch Padz has been given planning permission to start the revamp in Newarke Street and Oxford Street, near De Montfort University, Leicester, and builders should be on site by the end of October.
The Crown and Elfed Thomas buildings, used for many years by business and law students, will be transformed and extra seven-storey and five-storey apartment blocks built on the site …