The Insider Media Lancashire Property Awards celebrated Blackpool’s quality of builds, property deal making and future ambition.

Fylde View, a new office for 3,000 Department of Work and Pensions staff, was named as the best new building. The £100m, 215,000sqft office opened on King Street in June this year.

A new office for the Ministry of Defence (Defence Business Services) was also named as the best deal of the year, for forward funding a new 53,000 sqft office next to Blackpool North train station. Once complete in 2027, the office will be home to 1,100 office workers.

Finally, a new campus for Blackpool & Fylde College was named as the county’s most aspirational project. The Future Ambition award was voted for on the night from professionals in the construction business due to the impact it is expected to have on Blackpool town centre. The demolition work is currently being undertaken in order to prepare the land, with the construction expected to start next year ahead of 3,000 students and staff moving on to the site in 2028.

Cllr Mark Smith, Blackpool Council’s cabinet member for economy and built environment, said:

The three buildings form phase three, four and five of Blackpool Council’s £350m transformation of the Talbot Gateway, which is bringing over 8,000 workers and students to the area over the next few years.

For more information about plans to make Blackpool better, visit www.blackpool.gov.uk/betterblackpool and to enquire about moving your business into the Talbot Gateway visit www.talbotgateway.com