The demolition of a derelict cinema in an Erewash town has been completed by the borough council.
A development of smart affordable homes is to be built where Long Eaton’s Galaxy picture house used to stand. There will also be three commercial units.
The clearing of the site on Derby Road means survey work is now taking place ready for foundations to go in.
Local businessman Richard Ledger, who chairs the Long Eaton Town Deal Board, shared how the cinema, on what is called Galaxy Row, had been a crumbling blight on the streetscape since it closed more than a decade ago.
He said: “After considerable effort to secure the property and a disused nightclub next door so they could be demolished the scene is now set to create a vibrant new hub of homes and businesses on the site. We even managed to reclaim some half a million bricks.”
The land will become home to 16 flats and four townhouses thanks to a council partnership with affordable housing developer MyPad. It follows four months of demolition work.
