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The majority of an historic industrial estate in Smethwick looks finally set to be demolished for housing, three years after it was ruled ‘surplus to requirements’ by a council.

The ageing Smethwick Enterprise Centre in Rolfe Street, Smethwick, is set to be knocked down as part of a move by Sandwell Council that would eventually see up to 118 homes and flats built.

Two blocks would be spared from demolition and the front Rolfe Street façade of the industrial estate would be kept as would the former fire station training tower.

The council revealed in 2022 it was planning to demolish all of the buildings on the council-owned industrial estate – giving some of the remaining 35 businesses, which included a homeless charity, a long-standing engineering firm, a dairy company,

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