£50m skyscraper with posh flats will RUIN seaside town & force out locals

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RESIDENTS in a picturesque coastal town are terrified a monster 30-storey £50 million skyscraper full of posh flats could drive them out. Shepherds Wharf could become the tallest tower in the South…

near Sutton Harbour, next to two Premier Inn hotels.Linda Aych who lives nearby, fumed: "Does the area really need a 30-storey block of flats? Of course it doesn’t. People need family homes and green spaces."Meanwhile financial trader Angelo Bonavita, 51, reckoned more residentsMichelle Suckling, 42, said she was in favour of the idea as long as the tower respected the area’s maritime heritage.

“I think it would bring more money into the city but I would rather it was for local residents than holiday homes or buy to lets.", challenging the status quo of the city's "square box" architecture. People hate change but we need change, what a view you would get from the top and what an attraction it would be for visitorsThe company behind Shepherds Wharf - Comcor Ltd - says it has already struck a deal to buy the land and has the funding in place.But the developer also wants to increase the size of the tower."We are going to ask if we can take it to 30 storeys and make it the biggest building in the south of England.

 

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