History of the failed city regeneration project after demolition of the Tricorn
LOVE it or hate it, the Tricorn Centre - that once stood where the NCP Market Way car park now is - was a prominent landmark in Portsmouth.
The Brutalist structure, which was part shopping centre, nightclub and car park, was demolished in 2004 after it gradually fell out of use.
Following its demolition the city was left with an empty plot of land at its centre.
Since then numerous schemes have been mooted, starting with the Northern Quarter visualisation when developer Centros won planning permission for a scheme valued at £500m in 2005. The Northern Quarter project would have involved the demolition of dozens of properties in the area to make way for new shops, a leisure hub and housing.
But by 2016 nothing had happened and Portsmouth City Council formally agreed to end the deal with hopes of creating a new scheme with the land owner.
Property investors Delancey were introduced to the project as the authority said it would work with them to create a new outdoor shopping village on the site.
In 2017 a new scheme was made public — re-branded as City Centre North.
The main purpose of the project, which was expected to cost around £60m, was to turn Hope Street and Flathouse Road into a dual carriageway.
Alongside this, both Market Way and Church Street roundabouts would have been replaced by traffic signal junctions, with a new public square or marketplace developed at the top of Commercial Road.
In 2019 the council announced it would be officially partnering with Delancey to bring forward the regeneration of the city centre.
This partnership has now ended.