A SCHEME to re-develop a heritage building in the city centre to create 150 flats could be given a £3million boost this week.

But the details of which building will get the investment are being kept under wraps.

The Bradford City Centre Heritage Properties Development Scheme is a scheme to bring three long empty buildings back to life.

It is funded by West Yorkshire Combined Authority through the Local Growth Fund.

So far it has been announced that Conditioning House, off Canal Road, would be the first building to benefit from the scheme.

But the Authority - made up of representatives from local Councils, have yet to reveal the other two building projects that would be given financial support.

£1.5m boost for regeneration of Conditioning House

On Thursday the Authority's Investment Committee will be given an update on the project.

Members will be told that the original plans for the refurbishment of one building have fallen through - but that a new building has been chosen for the scheme.

The original scheme would have seen an unnamed building converted into 50 flats via the second phase of the scheme.

But now that building is being swapped for a different property - which will be converted into 150 flats by August 2022. The ground floor would be converted into commercial space.

Members will be told that the Authority will contribute £3 million towards this building, which will pay for works such as weather proofing.

A report to the committee says: "The original scheme included a significant heritage property identified as Property Two as part of the programme, however, the owners have concluded that redevelopment of this property for residential purposes is not practical or viable.

"Bradford Council have continued to work with the owners for alternative development options for this building.

"As a result, Bradford Council wish to replace this option with an alternative suitable heritage property that will result in an increase in net housing outputs being delivered through the programme.

"The replacement Property Two was subject to a previous development scheme which did not progress and requires investment intervention to progress to delivery. The interested developer is bringing forward an adjacent residential conversion which has received significant interest and sales."

The report does not reveal which building in the city is "property two" and the Authority told the Telegraph & Argus that details could not be released due to "commercial sensitivities."

The Committee voted to approve the funding for Conditioning House, £1.5 million, at a meeting last year. That development will see the long empty building transformed into commercial space and 150 flats.

"Property Three" will see a building, also yet to be identified, turned into 100 flats, and the Combined Authority will be asked to approve a £2.9 million grant for that building at a future meeting.

In total the Combined Authority will be spending £7.4 million on the scheme. The cost of refurbishing all three buildings is estimated as being e £33.29 million, with the remainder being funded by developers.

The committee meets in Wellington House, Leeds, at 10.30am.