“BIG PUSH” BEFORE CORN EXCHANGE OPENS ITS DOORS
Up to twenty builders will be working at the former Corn Exchange pub in Crickhowell High Street this week – in a “big push” to get the building ready to show prospective tenants at two open days this weekend.
Corn Exchange Crickhowell Ltd (CECLtd) say they hope to have fitted new shop doors, rendered the front of the building and taken down the scaffolding by the end of the week. Inside, kitchens and bathrooms are being fitted in the first-floor flats and the shops are being plastered out.
CECLtd’s Managing Director, Dean Christy, said: “A massive amount of effort is being expended in one big push because we want to get the shops and flats as close to finished as possible. We want people to get a true feel for the great living and shopping spaces we are creating. “Even at this final stage of the project, there have been many challenges but credit must go to our builders who are pulling out all the stops to make the building viewable for the open day”.
The Corn Exchange is being opened up to home hunters and potential shopkeepers on Saturday and Sunday this week from 11-3pm. One of the biggest challenges for developer, Celtic Property and Lettings Ltd is to install the new steel staircase at the back of the building in time to allow safe access to the flats.
CECLtd’s Communications Director, Tim Jones, said: “Interest in the open days is really ramping up, now that we are so close to finishing. It will be easier for people to imagine themselves living or working in the building now that the walls are being plastered out. And it will be fantastic to see the doors and the final coat of render on the walls. The new face of The Corn Exchange will finally reveal itself.”
“People have followed the story of The Corn Exchange – how the town came together to stop it being turned into a supermarket – and they want to see it be a success.”
If you want more information about the shops and flats, you can email the team on info@cornexchangecrickhowell.co.uk
