Maidenhead’s £500m town centre rebuild go-ahead

London developer Areli’s long-awaited plan to demolish Maidenhead’s tired Nicholson Centre and replace it with a high-rise new mixed-use town centre quarter has finally been waved through by local councillors.
The hybrid application, approved by Windsor and Maidenhead’s planning committee, paves the way for 856 new flats across blocks rising to 20 storeys, 55 new shops and commercial units, and a 452-space, 10-floor car park.
The project will tear down all but two existing buil