The government has narrowed down prospective occupiers for the Les Creux Pavilion site to a preferred bidder, it has emerged – following a process that has drawn “quite a bit of public interest”.
Proposals for the development and management of the vacant building – which was built in the early 2000s and previously used as a bowls venue – were invited through an expressions of interest process that launched in March and closed in April.
St Brelade Constable Mike Jackson told Express that there had been “quite a bit of public interest” in the process.
“Personally I would like to see it utilised, in some form or another, to the benefit of the community,” he continued, adding that any proposal would “need to stack up financially.”
In May, Infrastructure Minister Andy Jehan stated that more than 16 expressions of interest had been received, and that a shortlist of prospective occupiers was being narrowed down with a focus on “sports and community” uses.
He yesterday revealed that, while he was not involved in the process, he was aware that officers had been “talking to a preferred bidder” and hoped to get an update later this week.
