A new coffee shop as part of an £18 million student block of flats has been approved. The Friargate Court scheme had applied to convert an old electricity sub-station into a […]

What is currently an abandoned electricity sub-station could become a new coffee shop. Portergate Properties has applied for permission to convert the Great Shaw Street structure. Its part of the Friargate […]

Building work on hundreds of new flats in Friargate has reached new heights. A 45-metre crane has gone up on the Friargate Court site and now dominates the surrounding skyline. […]

A major new development of student flats has moved into its next stage. Portergate has appointed demolition experts Vale Park Demolition Services to begin work. Land off Friargate and Great […]

A Preston nightclub says it has negotiated a stay of execution to allow it to open until the New Year. Blitz nightclub is due to be demolished as plans for […]

Spades are being readied to put into the ground for the start of a major development project on Friargate. Portergate Properties has appointed the Eric Wright Group to construct an […]

Work to build 260 new student flats on Friargate will begin before the end of the year. Portergate Property Management had plans approved in June to demolish buildings on the corner […]

This is how the corner of Friargate and Great Shaw Street could look if a new block of student flats gets the go ahead. Portergate Properties have put forward plans […]