Work underway to turn former Greenbank prison into student flats – Plymouth
Work is finally under way to convert a derelict former prison into student flats and a budget supermarket.
In November last year the German chain Aldi won permission to transform the Longfield House site in Greenbank into 65 student flats and a 1,410 square metre food store.
The long-derelict site had become an increasing thorn in the side of local residents and police, attracting graffiti artists, junkies and bored children …