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HIGHLIGHT ACTIVE WELLBEING HUB

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The existing Mill House Leisure Centre has reached the end of its effective life and is in need of replacement. This presented the opportunity for a new active wellbeing hub ‘Highlight’ to be more strategically located to become a must-visit destination and a community venue offering a range of opportunities and activities. Highlight will be surrounded by informal outdoor event and activity spaces to support walking, cycling, running, outdoor fitness, with connections for water-sports, utilising Hartlepool Marina.

Designed by GT3 Architects, Highlight’s strong linear lines are inspired by the railway tracks which ran from local timber and coal yards into the former dockland site during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The building will grow in height from west to east and offer incredible views of the wider waterfront site, marina and sea.

The mix of facilities will include:

• A 25m 8-lane main pool

• A 25m 4-lane learner pool with movable floor

• A leisure pool including race slide and water play features, spectator seating

• A 100-station gym

• Two inter-connected fitness studios

• An indoor cycling/”spinning” studio

• Active and soft play areas

• A party room

• A café

• An NHS consultation suite

• External ground and first-floor terraces

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Highlight Cafe

 

We are seeking an operator for the café at Highlight, Hartlepool’s new multi-million pound active wellbeing hub which is currently under construction.

The aim is to develop a long-term relationship with a well-established operator to provide a high-quality food and drink offering.

The intention is to let the premises by informal tender and the closing date for tenders to be submitted is 12 noon on Friday 6th December.

Councillor Gary Allen, Chair of the Council’s Adult and Community Based Services Committee, said: “This is an unrivalled opportunity to lease large waterfront café premises in a brand new building situated in an impressive location overlooking Hartlepool Marina and the National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool.

“Highlight is going to be a fantastic facility, both for residents of Hartlepool and visitors from further afield, so it is fair to say that opportunities such as this rarely become available.”

Tenders should be submitted to Philip Timmins in the Council’s Strategic Asset Management Team at philip.timmins@hartlepool.gov.uk and include the following information:

⚫Name, address, contact details and tenderer’s status (company, partnership etc).
⚫Outline of proposed menus and hours of opening (it is proposed that Highlight’s usual opening hours will be 6.30am-9.30pm Monday-Friday and 8.30am-7pm Saturdays and Sundays, although the Council reserves the right to amend these times)
⚫Outline of current hospitality business operations, including food hygiene ratings.
⚫Amount of rental offer in pounds sterling and all other terms and conditions proposed.

It is proposed to place vending machines in the seating area, principally to cover times when the café is closed. If tenderers wish to operate these, it should be stated in their submission.

Read more here - www.hartlepool.gov.uk/highlight-cafe-operator

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