Maidenhead’s £500m Nicholson Centre rebuild gets green light

London developer Areli’s long-awaited plan to flatten Maidenhead’s tired Nicholson Centre and replace it with a soaring new mixed-use quarter has finally been waved through by local councillors.
The hybrid application — unanimously 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 multi-storey car park.
The project will bulldoze all but two