The search has started for a contractor to develop a new £60 million skills and training facility in Nottingham.

The Nottingham City Hub will be built on Canal Street near the intu Broadmarsh centre and is scheduled to open by September 2020.

The facility aims to create hundreds of jobs and provide modern teaching/training opportunities for residents.

The scheme forms part of a wider £250m Southern Gateway redevelopment, which aims to regenerate the Broadmarsh area of Nottingham city centre.

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Some features include:

• redevelopment of the intu Broadmarsh shopping centre

• creation of a new public space on Collin Street, which will be pedestrianised

• pedestrianisation of (upper) Carrington Street

• better linking of Nottingham Castle to the city, with investment improving the Castle's visitor offer.

With Broadmarsh car park set to be demolished and another car park built to replace it by the end of 2019, D2N2 Chief Executive David Ralph said the publication of the tender for the new Nottingham City Hub "marks a definitive step to help create a College of and for the city".

"I am confident it will provide a real opportunity to develop the skills local employers need," he said. "Working in partnership with schools, local employers, our universities and other skills providers, Nottingham City Hub will help raise productivity, leading to improved opportunities and quality of life for Nottingham's citizens."

(LM/JP)