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Infrastructure

Residential

Retail/Commercial

Urban Regeneration

Rugby Town Centre

A mixed-use redevelopment within one of the fastest growing authorities in the UK and located in the heart of the midlands ‘Golden Triangle’. A re-imagining of the
town centre to ensure it remains at the heart of the borough.

Rugby Borough Council is seeking a range of investment opportunities including development partners, forward funding and occupiers in new office, retail, leisure, residential and mixed-use town centre developments. The prospect to work in partnership with the Council and other agencies is being developed to secure the delivery of a number of attractive investment opportunities in support of the Council’s long-term vision for the town centre. This will build on the significant investment that the Council has created in relation to the strategy and its associated projects.

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Opportunity location

Why invest in Coventry & Warwickshire?

Talent, creativity, connectivity and culture are driving local development across Coventry & Warwickshire – a dynamic region in the UK Midlands.
With a 1,000-year history, we are looking to the future with local development being driven by cutting-edge technology.

Engineering and design expertise, combined with state-of-the-art research, led by the area’s two internationally respected universities, has seen it emerge as a forerunner in the development of the next generation of EV and connected autonomous vehicles. Key developments include, plans for a new 500,000sqm+ West Midlands battery ‘gigafactory’ , 37ha of employment land for manufacturing south of MIRA Technology Park and the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (a £130m strategic investment in the UK battery supply chain).

Culture and creativity are also proving a strong catalyst for investment. Coventry as the UK City of Culture in 2021and 2022 has seen a national cultural focus on the city and the visitor economy and later this year the region will play a leading role in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Coventry & Warwickshire is also home to one of the largest video game development clusters in the UK, employing over 3,000 people, anchored around Leamington Spa which equates to over 10 % of the UK workforce located here and will form a key part of the new Leamington Creative Quarter project.

Insight for investors

  • Type of Investment Sought: Development partners, forward funding and occupiers
  • Value and cost info: £300m
  • Timescale: 2022 – 2035
  • Planning Status: Rugby Town Centre Regeneration Strategy adopted December 2022
Primary promoter

Rugby Borough Council