Summerland site needs a 'creative' developer

Tuesday, 9 February 2016 00:00

Efforts to find a "creative" developer for the derelict Summerland site are on-going.

Despite being open to offers the Department of Infrastructure still hasn't found a buyer for the land on Douglas Promenade.

Onchan MHK Peter Karran says he thinks it needs to be incentivised in a bid to benefit the economy as a whole:

Economic Development Minister Laurence Skelly says whilst he agrees it's not proving easy to secure a sale:

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