THE City Council and Barnfield Construction have agreed to a joint marketing exercise of the Winter Gardens building.

The landmark theatre will now be marketed towards leisure operators to ascertain the level of interest in the building.

The brief being sent out to potential end users incorporates the views of the Friends of the Winter Gardens in addition to those detailed in the recent Andy Sykes feasibility study.

A meeting also took place earlier this week between BART, Barnfield and Lancaster City Council in order to review the present situation regarding the building and a report from that meeting will then be presented to council members.