ISG has bagged the job to convert Coventry’s former IKEA store into a new cultural centre for the city.
The firm is understood to have secured with a £44m bid the vast store repurposing job on Croft Way.
Designed by architect Buttress, The City Centre Cultural Gateway, provide a new home for nationally recognised collections managed by Arts Council England, Arts Council Collection and the British Council.
Other floors will be occupied as a cultural hub for Coventry University housing a student gallery, café, library and dance studio, conference area, artists’ studios and post-production filming facilities.
Salford’s Environmental Services Design is the M&E consultant with Manchester-based Civil Engineers involved with the structural design.
The standalone building spans some 26,000m2 of prime city centre space across seven floors with significant on-site parking.
The project will be delivered in three phases.
Phase 1 – involves the conversion of some floors into bespoke facilities for the storage, care and management of nationally significant arts, cultural and heritage collections.
Phase 2 – the Cultural Hub phase is proposed by Coventry University, to provide a range of cultural educational, engagement, training, and professional development opportunities.
Phase 3 – constitutes ‘shell and core’ works to the remaining floors that will enable future lettings to investor occupiers.
