Work to demolish the former offices that produced the EADT and Star for about half a century is expected to start within the next few days.
Equipment has been moved on to the site in Lower Brook Street in Ipswich – and it is due to be cleared by the end of the year to allow construction work to start in January next year.
The site is to be used for a new McCarthy & Stone development of 51 retirement flats.
Work on this project will start in early 2018 and the first homes will be ready for people to move into in November of next year.
A spokeswoman for McCarthy and Stone said there was a considerable amount of ground work and then demolition that would have to be completed before construction can start.
Over the last few days machinery and engineering equipment has been moved on to the site in preparation for the start of a long ground clearance programme at the former print works.
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