Faces nightclub sold to form part of Wolverhampton's new learning quarter
A former nightclub in Wolverhampton city centre has been sold to make way for a learning quarter, the Express & Star can reveal.
Faces nightclub, on Bilston Street, has been purchased by Wolverhampton council.
It comes after the city council revealed it was spending around £6m acquiring sites for the city learning quarter.
It is part of a project that will see the City of Wolverhampton College relocate from its campus in Paget Road.
The learning quarter will include properties in Old Hall Street. It will also include Central Library and the college's existing Adult Education campus.
Faces closed in July last year, only three years after opening and a £750,000 revamp of the two storey building.
It was previously Oceania which opened in the city back in 2006.
That closed back in 2012, with the loss of 75 jobs, due to owners Luminar going into with debts of £140 million.
Before becoming Oceana, the nightspot was named Atlantis.
A Wolverhampton council spokesman said: “The concept of the City Learning Quarter has been agreed in partnership with City of Wolverhampton College.
“We can confirm the council has purchased the former Faces nightclub building to increase the options available.
“Design and scoping work for the whole project is ongoing and it is too soon to confirm exact details of how the new campus will be configured."
Plans are being drawn up for the quarter with one idea to create a walkway connecting the buildings.
The library would continue to serve the public.
In July the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership approved a £120,000 grant for surveying work to be carried out for the project.
Black Country Consortium chief executive Sarah Middleton said the quarter could provide for up to 3,000 students and 1,200 apprenticeships.
Twenty new jobs would also be created.
