EDG Property
High Profile Residents choose The Co-Operative
Sky Blues striker Maxime Biamou has dropped a big hint about where his future lies after laying down roots in Coventry city centre. The Frenchman, who is a firm favourite amongst Coventry City fans, has purchased an apartment at The Co-Operative, which is the regeneration of the former Co-op department store into high-specification apartments, offices, café bars and restaurants. The apartments are set within the 1950s building, where award winning EDG Property has maintained the character of the store but has given it a 21st Century feel, offering the region’s only internal park – complete with four Cypress trees especially …read more
Rodizio Rico signed for The Co-Operative
The taste of Brazil is coming to a major regeneration project in Coventry city centre. Rodizio Rico, an exclusive London headquartered Brazilian-themed restaurant, has signed up to take a 3,500 sq ft unit at The Co-Operative – the redevelopment of the former Co-Op department store by award winning EDG Property. The £1 million investment to create the restaurant will be only the fourth in the country, with two in London – including a venue at the 02 Arena – and one at The Cube in Birmingham. Rodizio Rico will create around 20 jobs to cater for around 120 covers and …read more
Construction meets education at The Co-Operative
Coventry students were given an insight into the construction industry at a major new development in the city. Seven Year-10 pupils from Ernesford Grange Community Academy visited the construction site of The Co-operative and were given a tour of landmark regeneration project by award winning developers EDG Property. They got to look around the site and then had the opportunity to quiz staff about the process of completing the development, which will feature high specification apartments, café bars and restaurants and office space. Gurpreet Bhatt was one of the students on the visit and holds ambitions to be a site …read more
Confidence boost for Coventry after successful start at The Co-Operative
The early success at Coventry’s most ambitious mixed-used, city centre development should give a confidence boost to the city. That is the view of Councillor Jim O’Boyle, Cabinet Member for Jobs and Regeneration, who was speaking at the topping out ceremony of EDG Property’s The Co-Operative development in Corporation Street. The event was held to commemorate the work so far and to show off the glass roof that will allow natural light into the Midlands’ only development with an internal park area. The Co-Operative, which is set to be finished by next spring, has been an overwhelming success with 25 …read more
Cafe Morso comes to The Co-Operative
A growing café bar company has signed up to be part of a major new development in Coventry. Café Morso, an independently run company, has five venues across the Midlands and will make Coventry its sixth when it moves into The Co-Operative – a landmark regeneration project being undertaken by award-winning EDG Property. The cool café serves coffees and teas during the day along with breakfasts, cakes and lunches, but then offers a mix of beers and gins in the evening on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. It will also offer live, acoustic music on Saturday nights. The overall investment …read more