An estimated 1,300 new jobs will be created in Preston's revamped £700m city centre, experts behind the plan today predicted.
In total, 4,000 people will work in the city centre and the new jobs in the completed development will boost Preston's economy by £15m, claim the developers.
Consultants at Ramboll Whitbybird, who have drawn up a environmental statement, setting o
ut the impact the development will have on the city, believe the ambitious project will create at least 824 full time jobs.
Cinemas, shops, cafes and businesses will create up to 540 new jobs. Many of those, the firm suggests, could be taken up by the city's unemployed.
In total, 3,922 people will work in the completed development. Ramboll Whitbybird expects many of those to go to displaced workers brought in by companies from other areas, or to workers already employed in the area.
But the creation of a Preston Office Quarter and other potential projects around the Tithebarn area could create thousands more jobs.
City council leader Ken Hudson said: "One of our key priorities is to tackle worklessness and providing that number of jobs is a welcome boost for the city."
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