Place North West | Chester uni fleshes out Warrington offer
Dan Whelan Mersey Bank House on Barbauld Street is to become one of the university’s new town centre locations, after it bought the property as part of plans to relocate from its Padgate Campus. The University of Chester has acquired the 23,000 sq ft Warrington office block, which was previously occupied by HM Revenue & Customs, from an Isle of Man-based private investor for an undisclosed sum. The three-storey building has been vacant since 2018 and the university plans to convert the property into a centre for its education and nursing courses. Once complete, the property is t...