City arts centre's cash windfall
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/northern_ireland/7592518.stm Version 0 of 1. One of Belfast's landmark buildings, the Crescent Arts Centre, is to benefit from additional government millions, it has emerged. The grade-B listed building, situated on University Road in the south of the city, is undergoing a major makeover. But the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure is to pump a further £2m into the project. This is on top of £2.5m it had already committed to the centre, much of which had been derelict. The new money will cover additional building costs. The project will now cost just over £7m, with other money coming from the Arts Council and Lottery Fund. It was initially thought the refurbishment would cost £5m when the project was announced a few years ago. Work is to be completed by 2010. |