Interest in the disused M&S building on Market Street in Falmouth is hotting up as a second pre-application for advice on the site is being sought. Both Acorn Blue, the company behind the Liner building on Falmouth seafront, and Pentire Group have sought pre-application advice for potentially developing the site. The currently unused building that occupies 44-46 Market Street has stood empty for over two years and has recently become the subject of not one but two pre-applications for planning and development. The first application was submitted by Acorn Blue towards the end of last year, with another from Pentire Group submitted at the start of this week (Feb 15).
THE developers behind the Liner building on Falmouth seafront have bought the empty Marks and Spencers building in Falmouth to turn it into shops and waterfront flats Acorn Blue says it has successfully secured the former Marks & Spencer’s building in Market Street with plans to create a new mixed-use residential scheme, with direct water access. Prior to Acorn Property Group’s regional Cornish arm, Acorn Blue, purchasing the site on Market Street, which runs through to the waterfront at the rear, it had lain vacant for over two years, following the closure of Marks & Spencer’s Falmouth store as part of a programme of rationalisation.