The Silver Arcade was closed to the public and underwent a massive refurbishment in order to modernise the building for current shopping trends and habits whilst preserving the Victorian charm of the Grade II building. It’s listed status restricted what could and could not be done in the building but eventually it reopened to the public in October 2013.
The major refurbishment and individuality of the design caught the eye of several industry judges and it was awarded the following awards in 2013
ProCon (Leicestershire Property Construction Awards), the small non-residential scheme for drastically improving the internal design of the arcade incorporating flexibly sized units in order to have a commercial future.
Leicestershire Civic Society restoration award. The panel were delighted with the high quality restoration of the building and called it an ‘architectural gem’.
The forum for the built environment award for the category of successful commercial refurbishment.