Gortfoyle House Spruced Up And Open For Business

20 September 2006
GORTFOYLE HOUSE SPRUCED UP AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Minister for Social Development, David Hanson MP has welcomed the opening of Gortfoyle House, Londonderry following its Ł300,000 facelift.
Gortfoyle House, a well known local landmark on Spencer Road in the city, has been redeveloped into six new high quality office units. The Department for Social Development's (DSD) North West Development Office worked closely with the Waterside Development Trust throughout the refurbishment work.
Welcoming the official opening of the Gortfoyle House complex, Minister for Social Development David Hanson MP said: "My Department has worked closely with the Waterside Development Trust to ensure that this project was successfully implemented.
"The refurbishment of Gortfoyle House will help consolidate the positive work that DSD has been undertaking in the Waterside over a long period of time.
"The redevelopment work that my Department is undertaking in partnership with other sectors and agencies, such as the Waterside Development Trust, is delivering social, economic and physical regeneration. This, in turn, is creating new opportunities and making the Waterside and indeed the wider city a more attractive place in which to invest, work and live.
"Initiatives such as the refurbishment of Gortfoyle House are helping to create the jobs and facilities that people need. DSD's ongoing environmental improvements in the Spencer Road/Duke Street area and the current master planning exercises underway for three major development sites in the Waterside provide the framework to continue delivering real regeneration benefits and bring about dramatic transformation in the coming years."
NOTES TO EDITORS:
1. The total cost of the refurbishment project was Ł300k of which Ł90k was provided by DSD through the Urban Development Grant (UDG) Scheme.
2. UDG is a discretionary grant to promote job creation, inward investment and environmental improvement through the development of vacant, derelict or underused land or buildings.
3. Waterside Development Trust has worked closely with local community organisations, DSD and local businesses in the delivery of projects including the Trench Road Shopping Centre, Glendermott Valley Business Park and Gortfoyle Business Centre.
4. Other regeneration initiatives in the area which are also funded by DSD include the new Primary Health Care centre at Distillery Brae.
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