The empty Marks and Spencer department store in the centre of Bristol is to be transformed into an ‘arts and sustainability hub’ after two local organisations signed a deal with Bristol City Council to use the building.
Called ‘Sparks Bristol’, those behind the project said their ambition is to create a ‘vibrant, positive venue where local people and visitors can shop, recycle and explore what a greener, fairer and creative future could look like’, and said the project will ‘breathe new life into the old M&S building’.
The transformation won’t be permanent - the deal signed is on a ‘meanwhile use’ basis, until the site is redeveloped permanently - and that might take a few years.
