Moving in Old bingo hall soon to be a full house as flats completed
THE former ACE Bingo premises in Cheltenham is now home to 43 flats – two years after being razed to the ground.
The site, at 391 High Street, was previously occupied by the bingo hall and a car dealership.
Permission was given back in 2015 for the premises to be demolished, and a number of schemes were put forward to replace it.
The project is now complete and 43 flats are ready to be moved into.
Housing association Bromford, which is behind the development, has created two new blocks of apartments in the lower High Street.
The larger four-storey block on the corner of Milson Street has 37 one- and two-bedroom flats, while the smaller two-storey block has six onebedroom flats, which are available for social rent.
In its latest statement, Bromford Homes said that it has completed “the redevelopment of a former bingo hall and car showroom in the centre of Cheltenham” and that “customers are preparing to move in”.
Work began on site in April 2019 and was carried out on behalf of Bromford by Mark Casey.
The finished properties were handed over to the housing association in January. The development has been partfinanced with funding from Homes England, a strategic partner with Bromford.
Marek Phillips, project manager, said: “These homes have transformed this brownfield site, providing highquality apartments right in the centre of town.
“Despite having to deal with two big storms, a global pandemic, and three lockdowns, Mark Casey has got the job finished and in spectacular fashion, which is great for our customers who are waiting to move in. “These new homes are in a great location for customers within walking distance of the Brewery Quarter and providing easy access to other amenities. It’s a great development and I’m sure customers will be proud to call it home.”
Bromford says it is the largest housing association in Gloucestershire with more than 11,000 properties, including around 900 homes in Cheltenham.
In the ten-year period from 2018 to 2028 it aims to construct 14,000 homes across the West Midlands and west of England, with around half of these to be built in Gloucestershire.