13-storey student block ‘will revive a dead area’ in Leicester city centre
A plan for a 13-storey student accommodation block on a run-down former industrial area in the city centre is set to be approved.
Developer Watkins Jones and Son wants to build a 601-bed block off Bath Lane, between the River Soar and St Nicholas Circle.
The city council hopes the development will spark the regeneration of the area, known as the Waterside …