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CityBlock is once again, proud to be sponsoring ‘The Lancaster Beer Festival 2012’ which kicks off at 6pm on 1^st March. 

Celebrating its 23^rd Anniversary, it promises to be another great event raising thousands of pounds for local charities. 

Organised by Lancaster Round Table, the festival is popular with beer lovers who can sample some of the 50 hand pulled ales, with a selection of ciders, wines, soft drinks, draught lagers and bottled foreign beers also available. 

It is set to be the best yet, with music from local bands and entertainment across the 3 nights.

Alison Bargh, Director of Lettings & Operations at CityBlock said “We are delighted to be sponsoring the Beer Festival in its 23rd year. The Beer Festival has raised in excess of £300,000 to date for local charities which is a fantastic achievement that we are proud to be part of.  If you have never experienced a Lancaster Beer Festival then you are definitely missing out as it is a superbly enjoyable event”.

For further information, please visit www.lancasterbeerfest.org

The CityBlock team look forward to seeing you there!

CityBlock’s multi million pound redevelopment of a derelict city centre site to provide quality student accommodation in Leicester will welcome its first students on Saturday.  

The 76-bedroomed, purpose-built, city centre student accommodation with ground floor retail unit is next to CityBlock’s first, hugely successful development in Careys Close, which opened two years ago.

Designed by architects SSHarc and constructed by Askam Construction, who also built the first CityBlock in Leicester, the development has seen the demolition of a redundant factory building.

This has been replaced by a smart, six-storey, high spec, contemporary-styled, communal living space immediately linked to its sister building.  The all-in-one fee includes internet access, daily cleaning services and contemporary communal areas with plasma TV and leather settees. 

The building was officially handed over to CityBlock on Friday by the developers and will welcome its first students in time for the new academic year.

“We are delighted to announce that the site is fully booked for the next academic year too. We have other developments in other parts of the UK but we chose Leicester because we identified a real need for high end, off-campus student accommodation,” explains CityBlock CEO Trevor Bargh, the entrepreneur who founded CityBlock in 2003.