Buyer	Walsall Council e-Tendering — not a council we hold
Supplier	BOND BRYAN ARCHITECTS LTD
Supplier	Chris Blandford Associates
Supplier	Colliers International Property Advisers UK LLP
Supplier	Counterculture Partnership LLP
Supplier	CPMG Architects Limited
Supplier	DCA Consultancy Ltd
Supplier	Glenn Howells Architects
Supplier	Locality
Supplier	Partnering Regeneration Development Ltd
Supplier	Pulse Associates Ltd
Supplier	Reality Productions
Supplier	Usherby Ltd

Walsall Council is seeking a high-quality provider to assess the feasibility of redeveloping Bloxwich Theatre into a multi-function creative space. Whilst still enabling the building to be used as a theatre, the Council seeks to refurbish and repurpose the underused venue into a valuable utilized space for audiences, creative businesses, communities, and schools alike. Bloxwich is a deprived area with low rates of skills and workforce mobility, and over 80% of neighbourhoods in the top 20% most deprived. Work is already happening in the area as part of Bloxwich Town Plan backed by £21M Town's Funding to revive the town centre, including the development of the Bloxwich Launchpad, a digital access and incubation centre, which is adjacent to the Theatre. Re-development of the theatre is as much a place shaping project supporting the future of the town centre as it is a venue upgrade. Proximity to the Bloxwich Launchpad anchors the project in a wider offer, supports the development of daytime/night-time economies, develops skills, and creates jobs. It will turn this under-utilised corner of Bloxwich into a thriving, creative enterprise quarter supporting artists, community groups & SMEs.

Runs	6 Sep 2024 to 31 Dec 2024
OCID	ocds-b5fd17-458222b0-e771-49be-9db4-5d07694307e2
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