Plans which could change the skyline above Bournemouth Triangle have been unveiled.
And the proposals include the former Marks and Spencer building in Commercial Road, which we were invited to visit for the first time in four years.
Cleared of all shop paraphernalia, the store is barely recognisable from its heyday.
Gone are all the rails and any semblance of the store's past.
No signage remains, and the store stands like a shell of what was once there. Not even a stray Percy Pig.
Back in January, Poole's Marks and Spencer store in the Dolphin Centre closed, leaving the biggest M&S store in Dorset, at Castlepoint shopping centre.
Read more: How the skyline of Bournemouth's Triangle area could be transformed
When the Bournemouth store closed in 2018, there were still three other large department stores in the town.
However, since then, Debenhams and Beales have closed in Bournemouth, with House of Fraser due to shut up shop next weekend.
Read more: House of Fraser in Bournemouth set to close in two weeks
Now, the skyline of Bournemouth’s Triangle area could be transformed into high rise with a blueprint for hundreds of new homes and additional retail provision.
An urban design team is drawing up a development brief for the area that includes the buildings on both sides of Commercial Road, the Avenue Centre and the under-used Avenue Road car park.
What do you think of the plans? Let us know below what you'd like to see happen.
And why not enjoy this picture of the former Boscombe store.
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