Wolverhampton eye infirmary in new flats plan
Wolverhampton's long derelict eye infirmary could be bulldozed and replaced with a multi-million pound complex of retirement flats, it can be revealed.
The sprawling site on Compton Road has been left to wrack and ruin since it closed its doors in 2007.
But the Express & Star understands that retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone is in talks to buy the plot from current owners the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.
Sources said the site was being earmarked for retirement flats.
The Dorset-based firm already has one property in Wolverhampton, with a further three in the pipeline, the latest of which is the controversial development of 'The Clock House' in Stockwell Road, Tettenhall.
Mike Goodwin, head of estates and development at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, said: "The trust is making good progress in the disposal of that particular site.
