PROPERTY group Grosvenor is the latest business to sign up to the Marwell’s Zany Zebras stampede that will see colourful zebra sculptures pop up throughout Southampton city centre this summer.

Grosvenor is privately owned property group and is the firm behind the development of the arts complex in Southampton.

the firm has pledged to sponsor one of the many zebra sculptures that will be making up a family-friendly trail around the city.

Simon Armstrong, Projects Director at Grosvenor Britain and Ireland said: “Marwell’s Zany Zebras is a world class community art project consistent with our aspirations for the new arts complex in Guildhall Square. The project will help to highlight the New Nuffield Theatre and John Hansard Gallery/ City Eye and new restaurants and will help to create the sense of place we set out to deliver in the cultural quarter”

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The multi-coloured zebras will appear along a unique trail throughout the city, which kicks off this July.

Kirstie Mathieson, Project Manager of Marwell’s Zany Zebras said: “We are delighted that Grosvenor has come on board. Their development of the new arts complex in Southampton is a fantastic new cultural centre for the region. Their support in sponsoring a sculpture will help us to showcase Southampton’s fantastic cultural offer to the hundreds of thousands of visitors coming into the city to walk the sculpture trail.”

The proceeds from the auction of the sculptures at the end of the trail will go towards Marwell Wildlife’s work with Grevy’s zebra and other wildlife conservation.