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Planning permission has been granted for the £250m replacement of Crompton Place Shopping Centre with a mixed-use masterplan-led scheme.

The Globe Works is now entering its final stages of construction following a pause in building during the lockdown, property developers Empire have confirmed.

Builders who are carrying out work to create the town centre landmark on Waterdale have now carried out their lighting tests – showing for the first time how the frontage will look.

Empire, the property development company which is undertaking the transformation of Globe Works mill into apartments, has secured planning permission for the historic building’s crowning glory – a two-storey roof extension which will house 26 apartments.

With one development recently completed, another underway and a third in planning, property development company Empire says it is now back at work in Hull.

Wilmslow-based law firm, JBGass, is welcoming the reopening of the property market with estate agents being told they could once again open their doors and the construction sector getting back on site.