CONVERSION of the former offices at Joseph Locke House near the town centre into flats is due to begin in the new year after the competition of a £1.85m deal by a Doncaster firm.

Empire Property Concepts Ltd has acquired the freehold of the building that overlooks the Alhambra roundabout.

The sale went through shortly after the firm secured planning permission to convert the building to 170 flats in July.

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