Capita Symonds subsidiary ESA has unveiled plans for the refurbishment of the 60,000sq ft office and underground car park of Ashby House.

Work will involve stripping the entire building back to its concrete frame and waffle slabs while reconfiguring parts of the plan to gain an additional 20,000sq ft of floor space.

The original building was built in 1989 and has a distinctive three-storey pitched roofed structure and banded brick cladding which will be removed.

Nic Sampson, Design Director, ESA, said: “The result is effectively a new-build, providing Grade-A office space in the heart of the town.”

Planning consent has just been achieved and a tender for contractors will go out in the summer with work expected to start on site in the autumn.

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