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“There are a whole range of organisations and interests, and we’ve even had professional footballers ask about the space for things like VIP parties. “This is the largest project the charity has tackled to date, and we’ll now be replicating it in London with a site twice the size which will also include accommodation.”
The Contemporary Urban Centre will include ground floor and basement cafés, a retail market, pub and an industrial bar/club.
A gentleman’s club-style wood-panelled Founders Room will feature plaster busts of homeless people in what Mr Wake says will “turn snobbery on its head”, while there will also be a top- floor South East Asian bar and a barn-like party room.
Patrick Mussard, assistant director for events, said: “We’d like people to be able to play a part in the building and help create its own atmosphere.”
The first exhibition, from Arts In Liverpool, will go on show at the end of February and the building will be officially opened on May 1.
A light installation is currently on show from the windows of the building each night from 4.30pm to 1am.
The centre is in the Independent Arts Quarter and organisers hope it will help act as a major regeneration catalyst for the area.
Novas works to tackles social disadvantage, developing opportunities for individuals and communities through community support, education, training, employment, art, culture and regeneration.
Anyone interested in the Contemporary Urban Centre should call 0151-706 6900.
catherinejones@liverpoolecho.co.uk
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