Parts of the building that used to home Iceland and Pryzm have been emptied, but updates on what is coming to replace them are few and far between.

Town centre shoppers have recently heard workers busily emptying the former Iceland unit of its fixtures and fittings and a staircase at the end of the building, in The Parade, Watford, has been repaired and repainted.

It has left the former supermarket empty - with just pillars remaining in the space - and follows the removal of decorations from the former Pryzm nightclub in February.

The first and second floor remain on the market through Estate Office Investments at £6,000,000, with no indication that it has received any acceptable bids.

Estate Office Investments has not confirmed whether any companies have shown an interest in taking on the unit over the past seven months but it claims in the brochure that the location has “strong occupational interest from a variety of national retailers”.

The staircase at the back of the building has been repaired and repainted while Iceland has been emptied of fixtures and fittings. (Image: Stephen Danzig)

The ground floor, where the former Iceland store is, is not part of this sale and is being retained. It will therefore likely have its own separate occupier.

Watford Borough Council and Watford Town Centre BID confirmed this week that neither are aware of any recent developments in terms of new occupiers being found.

Plans to build 147 homes at the Pryzm site, also including Iceland, were submitted in April last year and would have resulted in the club’s closure had they been approved.

(Image: Stephen Danzig)

The existing 1960s building would have been demolished and replaced by a new building of 131 flats, rising to eight storeys. A second structure with 16 homes was proposed to the rear of the current car park, backing onto Beechen Grove.

The plan was blocked by Watford Borough Council in July 2022, and the brochure for the Pryzm unit says a full development is no longer on the cards because the ground floor has been split up.

Pryzm closed after a final party on New Year’s Eve and Iceland closed in October last year.

Pryzm Watford.Pryzm Watford. (Image: Stephen Danzig)