Just a general thread for discussions the entire Middlehaven development.

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So any signs of progress with this? The last I heard there was quite a detailed outline application for planning permssion and construction on the college.

Ah yes, i was going to get a thread up for RiversideOne as well. Which will have a bit more detail on whats been built and how far on it is.

The latest is that obv. college is finished, public realm works are under construction and are practically all done. Now we just wait to see when the first two cubes are to be built. I'm guessing Spring next year might be a start date. But don't hold your breathe!

Location- The development is centred around waterfront land at the former Middlesbrough docks.

Mixed Use - It will include 750 homes , significant office space, leisure facilities and a hotel, destination retail, bars and restaurants.

Award-winning Designers- Masterplanned by Will Alsop, the award-winning architect, the site is planned to be at the cutting edge of contemporary architecture and will combine world-class design from renowned practices such as Studio Egret West, FAT, and Feilden Clegg Bradley among others; with the highest standards in sustainable development.

http://www.bioregional-quintain.com/picture/middlehaven4.jpg

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/1002_2_1000%20Alsop%20Middlehaven%202.jpg

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/1002_3_1000%20Alsop%20Middlehaven%203.jpg

http://blog.miragestudio7.com/wp-content/uploads2/2007/07/will_alsop_middlehaven_tees_valley_regeneration2.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tees/content/images/2006/11/22/boardwalk1_470x352.jpg

http://www.riverside-one.com/
http://www.riverside-one.com/masterplan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRLfFo3yTPA
http://www.bioregional-quintain.com/blog/wordpress/tag/middlehaven/

Plans can be viewed at: http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/content/environment/1planning-services/1development-control/1-planning-application-search-content/planning-application-search.en
Reference: M/DCC/0929/07/P or M/OUT/0042/07/P or M/FP/1235/07/P

The RiversideOne Marketing Suite:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/2893014738_67423f3b5f.jpg?v=0

Phase 1 Includes the development of the first two cubes CIAC and Krusty, along with public realm works across the site. Detailed plans have yet to be published to the public for Phases after 1a,1b and 1c.

http://www.riverside-one.com/images/masterplan.gif

Phase 1a (Community in a Cube "CIAC" Cube 6):

http://www.fashionarchitecturetaste.com/CIAC-View-thumb.jpg

Plans can be viewed at: http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/content/environment/1planning-services/1development-control/1-planning-application-search-content/planning-application-search.en reference: M/RES/0931/07/P

Phase 1b (Krusty Cube 7):

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1148/1472066708_501440c4b5.jpg?v=0

Plans can be viewed at: http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/content/environment/1planning-services/1development-control/1-planning-application-search-content/planning-application-search.en reference: M/RES/0932/07/P

Phase 1c (Public Realm):
This Photo is old, Public Realm Work is now Completed:

http://www.bioregional-quintain.com/blog/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/we1210-017.jpg

http://www.bioregional-quintain.com/blog/wordpress/2008/10/14/progress-photos-for-the-public-realm-works-at-riverside-one/we1210-017/

Plans can be viewed at: http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/content/environment/1planning-services/1development-control/1-planning-application-search-content/planning-application-search.en reference: M/RES/0930/07/P

Middlesbrough College is now Complete, although this is out of the boundary of the Riverside One Site.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w7dtjGHRWSo/SbFf0R1J0UI/AAAAAAAAAC0/JOuuKt5Bq4M/s400/Middles1edit.jpg

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/gazettelive2/jun2009/8/7/middlesbrough-college-978732612.jpg

Will get down to take some photos of how the site is currently and how its progressing. :cheers:

I've Just found this: http://www.plus3.co.uk/projects_middlehaven.html which is another plan i have never seen before. Don't know how old it is, and not quite sure where exactly it is for. Will look into it further.

I've Just found this: http://www.plus3.co.uk/projects_middlehaven.html which is another plan i have never seen before. Don't know how old it is, and not quite sure where exactly it is for. Will look into it further.
This looks interesting ,i havent seen this before,it looks like the area around Queens Square just along from BoHo, i wonder how old it is

Hmmm......

Also look at this: http://www.plus3.co.uk/education_middlesbrough.html

And here: http://www.egretwest.com/ try and find the 2 Middlehaven ones there, quite hard to navigate but there is 2 different balls for Middlehaven, one for some power thingy, and another for the general docks.

so how far along is this scheme? it is one of the most interesting in the UK, if they can get it right that is.

From what I gather work is due on the first of the 'sugarcubes' along the edge of the site. The main part that has been built is the college which is the large building seen in the centre of the maps in the first post. Also the buildings at the bottom right corner of the map, near the Riverside, are either built or under construction.

Any chance of some photos of the college BTW?

Yep, thats right Talisker.
You can see more info here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=989753 although haven't got any photos yet.
and http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=985354

We've been waiting for construction to start for years now. :P and haven't been told anything and have been left int the dark with whether its all going to happen or not. But, i do expect the first of the cubes to start within the next couple of months. As well as Temenos being lifted into place within a month or so.

So who is the developer for the cubes then?

Good Question, haven't got a clue! I would say its Bio Regional Quintain but they are just the planning part i guess etc. there the only ones associated with them.

I've just been searching this Teesside forum for a link that i am sure i posted a while back, that had photos of Middlehaven on, with some sort of power plant thing? As well as plans for a building near BoHo in middlesbrough. One of the websites had loads of "red bouncing balls" on it, but can i hell find the links on this forum! Has anyone come across them? Ta!

I'm pretty sure Quintain are in fact the developers themselves, although I could be wrong. Bio Regional, if I'm not getting mixed up, are the environmental consultancy arm - and therefore they often work together.

Either way, I'm not convinced by this development. Brilliant and exciting architects, green credentials, exciting landscaping etc is all great, but from the little I've seen so far it's still a load of individual tall-ish buildings floating in space. Apart from the fancy appearance and the high price tags that will come with the property produced (at first anyway) what separates this in the long term from places like Cruddas Park?

Cities only work when space is well defined - public, private etc. When no one is sure what they have "ownership" of, things start going wrong.

Hopefully I'll be proven wrong, but we'll see.

but we'll see.

The way things are going at the moment, we might not ever see if this works out. I think any development of this size will always be good news for Middlesbrough and i really do hope it ALL happens true to the plans.

THE regeneration of Middlehaven is set to take a major step forward with the start of building work on a £200m residential development.

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/gazettelive2/jan2010/0/9/middlehaven-754528527.jpg

An artist's impression of how Middlehaven could look

Construction of 80 dockside flats under its RiversideOne scheme is due to begin in March, it has been confirmed.

Meanwhile, regeneration bosses have confirmed that plans for a hotel at the site are also moving ahead.

Property developer BioRegional Quintain has now secured funding for the apartment block, the first residential scheme at Middlehaven, after the credit crunch stalled the project.

A marketing suite was set up at the site in March 2008 for the block - known as Community in a Cube (CIAC) - but financing delays and the collapse in the UK property market put building work on hold.

Construction is expected to take about 15 months, with the first residents moving in mid-2011.

Urban regeneration company Tees Valley Regeneration, which has overseen the development of Middlehaven, said “about half a dozen” of the flats have already been sold.

Richard Buckley, Tees Valley Regeneration’s director of development, said: “There were problems getting funding, in particular for apartments and it has taken quite a while.

“But people are starting to get confidence back and we are confident that there is a market for apartments.

“There has been an awful lot of interest but not many people were prepared to sign on the dotted line before the apartments were built.

“But we now plan to move ahead with increased marketing of the properties.”

The flats will be built over eight storeys and the development has 12 apartment types, each named after a pioneering artist.

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/gazettelive2/jan2010/7/5/middlehaven-730480326.jpg

An artists impression of the Community in a Cube residential block

The building will have 80 studio, one and two-bedroom apartments and will incorporate a pub at its base overlooking the dock.

RiversideOne is also thought to be the largest planned zero carbon development in the UK.

Riverside’s starting to take shape

THE start of construction work on the RiversideOne apartment scheme comes as various strands of the redevelopment of Middlehaven take shape.

The £2.7m Temenos artwork, by renowned artist Anish Kapoor, is now nearing completion.

The giant sculpture, one of five proposed Tees Valley giants, has suffered delays of its own.

However, the mast and rings are now set to be lifted in in the first week of February ahead of eventual completion in April.

Building work is continuing on the Hudson Quay 2 office building, with construction expected to be finished in May.

The 38,500 sq ft block has already been fully pre-let to Middlesbrough Primary Care Trust, which is set to move in over the summer of this year.

Construction of Middlehaven’s first office block Hudson Quay 1 began in 2004.

The building is now home to the Crown Prosecution Service and industrial services company Hertel.

In 2008, the £68m Middlesbrough College opened its door to students.

Spanning 32,000 sq ft the college has more than 70 classrooms, a 150-seat theatre, restaurant, bistro, workshops and hair and beauty salons.

Demand for power will be met by renewable energy generated from an on-site biomass boiler and sources such as wind power to achieve net zero carbon dioxide emissions

Designed by award-winning UK architect Fashion Architecture Taste, CIAC is one of five residential cubes being proposed as part of the project.

Mr Buckley added there was a “rolling programme” for residential developments depending on demand and market conditions, with a 72 further apartments in the pipeline.

Alongside the apartment building, progress is also being made on plans to develop a hotel on site.

Mr Buckley added that a detailed planning application for a hotel is due to be submitted in coming months.

“We are in talks with a potential operator but funding remains a key issue.”[/QUOTE]

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2010/01/20/middlehaven-plans-move-on-84229-25638203/

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THE regeneration of Middlehaven is set to take a major step forward with the start of building work on a £200m residential development.

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/gazettelive2/jan2010/0/9/middlehaven-754528527.jpg

An artist's impression of how Middlehaven could look

Construction of 80 dockside flats under its RiversideOne scheme is due to begin in March, it has been confirmed.

Meanwhile, regeneration bosses have confirmed that plans for a hotel at the site are also moving ahead.

Property developer BioRegional Quintain has now secured funding for the apartment block, the first residential scheme at Middlehaven, after the credit crunch stalled the project.

A marketing suite was set up at the site in March 2008 for the block - known as Community in a Cube (CIAC) - but financing delays and the collapse in the UK property market put building work on hold.

Construction is expected to take about 15 months, with the first residents moving in mid-2011.

Urban regeneration company Tees Valley Regeneration, which has overseen the development of Middlehaven, said “about half a dozen” of the flats have already been sold.

Richard Buckley, Tees Valley Regeneration’s director of development, said: “There were problems getting funding, in particular for apartments and it has taken quite a while.

“But people are starting to get confidence back and we are confident that there is a market for apartments.

“There has been an awful lot of interest but not many people were prepared to sign on the dotted line before the apartments were built.

“But we now plan to move ahead with increased marketing of the properties.”

The flats will be built over eight storeys and the development has 12 apartment types, each named after a pioneering artist.

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/gazettelive2/jan2010/7/5/middlehaven-730480326.jpg

An artists impression of the Community in a Cube residential block

The building will have 80 studio, one and two-bedroom apartments and will incorporate a pub at its base overlooking the dock.

RiversideOne is also thought to be the largest planned zero carbon development in the UK.

Riverside’s starting to take shape

THE start of construction work on the RiversideOne apartment scheme comes as various strands of the redevelopment of Middlehaven take shape.

The £2.7m Temenos artwork, by renowned artist Anish Kapoor, is now nearing completion.

The giant sculpture, one of five proposed Tees Valley giants, has suffered delays of its own.

However, the mast and rings are now set to be lifted in in the first week of February ahead of eventual completion in April.

Building work is continuing on the Hudson Quay 2 office building, with construction expected to be finished in May.

The 38,500 sq ft block has already been fully pre-let to Middlesbrough Primary Care Trust, which is set to move in over the summer of this year.

Construction of Middlehaven’s first office block Hudson Quay 1 began in 2004.

The building is now home to the Crown Prosecution Service and industrial services company Hertel.

In 2008, the £68m Middlesbrough College opened its door to students.

Spanning 32,000 sq ft the college has more than 70 classrooms, a 150-seat theatre, restaurant, bistro, workshops and hair and beauty salons.

Demand for power will be met by renewable energy generated from an on-site biomass boiler and sources such as wind power to achieve net zero carbon dioxide emissions

Designed by award-winning UK architect Fashion Architecture Taste, CIAC is one of five residential cubes being proposed as part of the project.

Mr Buckley added there was a “rolling programme” for residential developments depending on demand and market conditions, with a 72 further apartments in the pipeline.

Alongside the apartment building, progress is also being made on plans to develop a hotel on site.

Mr Buckley added that a detailed planning application for a hotel is due to be submitted in coming months.

“We are in talks with a potential operator but funding remains a key issue.”[/QUOTE]

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2010/01/20/middlehaven-plans-move-on-84229-25638203/

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:cheers::nuts::)

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/gazettelive2/jan2010/0/9/middlehaven-754528527.jpg

A hotel is also possibility to start construction with the next year if funding and tenant are secured, a detailed planning application is expected in the next few months. The hotel, as far as i am aware is the 5th cube from the left on the render above.

Bloody hell Bob youve been busy today,
This is great news ,at last things are begining to happen at Middlehaven, should be a good year development wise ,all we need now is the North Shore to get permission and go ahead

I have! Once i get started posting i can't stop! :P Theres loads more posts in all the other threads today (some copy and pasted). I've just remembered a couple of new threads that need creating for other developments but i need to collect all the info. first. Need to keep on building a comprehensive list of all Teesside developments. :)

Could be a good year, lots of change, Middlehaven happening along with other various projects and hopefully the start of North Shore too, which i believe is looking the most likely out of all the 5 TVR developments, even over the Middlehaven one.

I never expected to see this when I logged on :D Thanks for that 'bobalania'. This is great news for the area and I'm pleasantly surprised to see construction will be starting so soon.

:carrot:

(yep, I've even unleashed a carrot)

I didn't expect to find any news on it, if anything, i expected to see it being cancelled imho. So brilliant news, lets hope the whole £200m project gets built! :)

What a carrot, jealous! :P

I do hope so. This is an excellent start and I'm sure they wouldn't confirm one building in doubt of the whole master plan being at risk :) I also feared the worse for RiversideOne, Middlehaven.

''Meanwhile, regeneration bosses have confirmed that plans for a hotel at the site are also moving ahead.'' sounds very promising indeed!

Yes, have a look at post number 3, i've explained which building it is on the plan. Should be brilliant!!! Wouldn't it be amazing if we had 3 buildings begin construction this year? Might be a bit of a long shot but you never know! We also have Temenos been lifted into place in 2 weeks and completed by April.

The Blocks should open by Summer next year as well. :)

Past the Middle of March now and still no sign of construction as far as i'm aware........

http://www.bioregional-quintain.com/doc/014_015_AJW_120707.pdf

http://www.bioregional-quintain.com/doc/014_015_AJW_120707.pdf

http://www.fashionarchitecturetaste.com/FAT_BrochureJuly2008.pdf page 7 of 16

Thanks for those will take a look. :)

They say construction will begin in 2007 and finish in 2008. :P Lets hope it does start this year, although still no sign of anything yet, or at Gateway Middlehaven which was meant to start in September last year.

I'm sure FAT were behind the designs for Lingfield Point in Darlington.

I apologize if I'm going over old ground here and these have been seen before. First time I've come across them so maybe someone else has missed them too? http://www.fashionarchitecturetaste.com/2007/07/ciac.html

I haven't actually seen the ones you have posted, so thanks for that. I wish someone would update us on these developments.

Hello

First time poster here! I travel past the middlehaven site every do to travel to and from work.

There is now ground clearance taking place on the plot of land opposite the riverside one marketing suite.

Looking at the masterplan image in the top post, the ground clearance is taking places where it says 'car park' in the CIAC area.

Hopefully its the first signs of the first cube to be built

Hello,

Welcome to the forum!

Yes, i can confirm that it is the start of the first Cube, CIAC!!!!!! :D Construction should be complete by summer 2011.

Please keep posting. Seems to be a large amount of activity on the development and investment front this week, and especially today from looking at the gazette.

I'd just logged in to report that. Thanks 'Northern_J' and welcome to the forum :)

Good to see activity on site. Looks like it's on schedule.

They have been reporting on the news about the development, they are saying that 750 homes will be complete by 2012, which would be almost the whole development, no chance of that!

Can't say I've caught the local news for the past few days, but there's optimism and there's being plain delusional :lol:

I had a quick stop by the development on the way to work today and there's one backhoe (digger) on site and a small cabin where the security man was reading the paper.

At last they have finally started!!! I will have to dust down my camera and get some pics as it progresses .should be a good year for construction with Dunning Road and Temenos .


http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2010/03/27/middlehaven-dream-is-starting-to-become-a-reality-84229-26120546/

Last nights Gazette

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2010/03/26/work-to-start-on-200m-riversideone-project-84229-26115183/

Yes, i went today too, and just saw the security guy looking at me weird and one digger there, surely they could be working on weekends too???

Anyone seen the other development news in the region in the gazette the last couple of nights, at Wynyard etc.?

i would think this development will really start activity this week, as they should have a full working week, barring the bad weather we are meant to get, with possibly some snow! Which could slow things down a bit.

RiversideOne scheme is making a splash again
WORK has begun on the latest stage of a £200m development on Teesside following a two- year delay due to the economic slowdown.

Construction of Middlesbrough’s RiversideOne was initially delayed because of the credit crunch but the development got under way last week after the developers were buoyed by a more promising economic environment and support from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and Tees Valley Regeneration.

Sustainable community developer BioRegional Quintain has begun work on the first building – which is called CIAC (Community in a Cube) – and will contain 80 apartments.

Once complete, RiversideOne will be the UK’s largest zero-carbon development, comprising 750 homes. RiversideOne is part of the 1.5 million sq ft Middlehaven development which also includes the new Middlesbrough College and Terrace Hill’s Manhattan Gate office development as well as the Temenos sculpture.

Pete Halsall, BioRegional Quintain’s managing director, said: “We are confident there is a market and we have been overwhelmed by the response.

“Despite some of the bad news on Teesside with the Corus jobs losses, we think the North East has a great future.

“The region’s digital and media sectors are doing well and the low-carbon developments with the Nissan Leaf being built in Sunderland and the strength of the region’s renewable energy sector are good signs.”

The CIAC is due to be completed by the summer of 2011 and Mr Halsall believes it will have started work on the next stage by then.

No final decision has been taken on whether this will be a hotel, offices or further residential.

Richard Buckley, Tees Valley Regeneration’s director of development, said: “It’s fantastic that work to transform the land into a thriving mixed-use community has progressed.”

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nebusiness/mar2010/5/6/an-artists-impression-of-the-riversideone-development-623758362.jpg

http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/commercial-property-north-east/news/2010/03/31/riversideone-scheme-is-making-a-splash-again-51140-26139464/

Thanks for posting.

The CIAC is due to be completed by the summer of 2011 and Mr Halsall believes it will have started work on the next stage by then.

No final decision has been taken on whether this will be a hotel, offices or further residential.

I guess the next stage, according to the submit plans is the next cube, which is Krusty on the left side of CIAC, the other possible cube is on the right which is to be a hotel.

Very little has been done since i noticed ground clearance began last week. Im excited about the development tho.

When travelling on the train from redcar direction in 4/5 years, you will get the line of cubes on one side plus all other middlehaven developments, the new retail park near the riverside stadium and then the town centre itself with its decent looking skyline the view from the train gives you.

I know industry is massive, but purely from a visual aspect, when leaving middlesbrough to head towards stockton all you see is old crumbling buildings and warehouses (especially opposite the Boho buildings and police station). Would be nice to see development around this area aswell (near the Zetland car park)

Yes, although i i have never traveled through Middlesbrough on a train, i would expect it would give a totally different feel to Middlesbrough from the tracks. As well as all the developments around Middlehaven, fingers crossed that there might be some high rise proposals in the next couple of years to bulk up the skyline more and make it even better.

You will also have Temenos and the New Biomass plant over the river, which could be huge (anywhere between 60m-120m, maybe even bigger :D)

I think they should knock Crown House down next to Zetland as well as all the other derelict buildings around there, although all of this is apart of the future Middlehaven vision, whether anything happens though is highly unlikely.

There are plans in that were passed last year to reclad and refurbish Crown House,but I think the developers must have been hit by the credit crunch and are holding back at the moment.
The other year the council had looked at the Station Street area and had commissioned a study on developing it around there but nothing has been heard of since.

Is there any information on Station street on the internet?

Yeah, Crown House was the one with the roof top restaurant? I found plans a while back from architects firm for this area, a master plan, but i lost the site and i have searched all over for it and can't find it again. :(

Is there any information on Station street on the internet?

Yeah, Crown House was the one with the roof top restaurant? I found plans a while back from architects firm for this area, a master plan, but i lost the site and i have searched all over for it and can't find it again. :(


Station Street was on the England & Lyle website the other year.

Crown House certainly needs brightening up!!!!

Crown House would look so much better, and the whole area would, especially form the a66 if it was simply clad in something a bit modern and with a bit of quality.

I'm guessing its not on the site now. England and Lyle are those who worked with Mandale for Endeavor House, right?

The area around Crown House would be ideal for redevelopment. It's like the gateway into linthorpe road and all the shops. Would be nice if they could start that building from scratch and make it 4/5 floors higher so it can make a real impact on the skyline.

It would be great as accommodation/travel lodge with great links to railway and the centre of middlesbrough on the door step.

Station Street would like great if it was lined with modern office blocks cause in its current condition its a real eye sore

Which one is station Street again?? Other than the one where the Stations on. :P Is Crown House on this?

I have always had a vision of somewhere along here a building that "juts" out over the a66m sort of hanging over it or that goes from one side to the other, so its as if your going through the middle of the building. Like the case with the monorail in Disney where it goes through the hotel sort of thing, ambitious! :D

DEMOLITION OF ODEBRECHT HOUSE
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ODEBRECHT OIL & GAS SITE
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http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa143/casual87_2007/005.jpg

Good pics ,hopefully the start of some more developments over there

ODEBRECHT OIL & GAS SITE II
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http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa143/casual87_2007/027.jpg

I think developments over here will not start for several years, there aren't any plans yet for these sites as far as i'm aware.

This isn't actually Riverside One, its part of the Middlehaven development, but not Riverside One. Riverside One stops at Middlesbrough College.

More investment at Middlehaven


http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2010/07/05/3m-plan-for-middlesbrough-middlehaven-site-84229-26780331/

I can't quite work out where that will happen ^^.

Looks like they have got the go ahead for some more investment at Middlehaven

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2010/08/09/green-light-for-key-3m-project-at-middlehaven-84229-27018240/

I wonder if that 3 million is including in the overall 200 million for riverside one? Meaning 197 million left to find minus the cost of CIAC. :P

You can view a planning app for what i pressume is this by typing in this ref: M/RES/0506/10/P in here: http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/content/environment/1planning-services/1development-control/1-planning-application-search-content/planning-application-search.en

I wonder if that 3 million is including in the overall 200 million for riverside one? Meaning 197 million left to find minus the cost of CIAC. :P

You can view a planning app for what i pressume is this by typing in this ref: M/RES/0506/10/P in here: http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/content/environment/1planning-services/1development-control/1-planning-application-search-content/planning-application-search.en

I think it will be part of the £200m rather than in addition to it

Is there any figures of how much CIAC is costing alone? I think i have only ever seen it read as "as part of the 200 million development"

Is there any figures of how much CIAC is costing alone? I think i have only ever seen it read as "as part of the 200 million development"

Its costing £7.5m Bob

Ok, thanks for that, so thats £10.5 million investment out of the £200 million secured.

Middlesbroughs RiversideOne at China Expo
http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/gazettelive2/aug2010/5/9/riversideone-development-287375937.jpg
Aug 24 2010 by Sandy McKenzie, Evening Gazette



RIVERSIDEONE, the £200m development on Middlesbrough’s Middlehaven site, took centre stage at a major event in China.

The development featured as a world-class British example of a low carbon regeneration project when it was presented recently at the Shanghai World Expo.


The theme of the Expo is Better City – Better Life and it has attracted delegates from over 190 countries and 50 international organisations.

Around 100 million people are expected to visit before it finishes in October.

Pete Halsall, managing director of RiversideOne developer BioRegional Quintain, spoke to an audience of private companies, public sector bodies, universities and research organisations at the Expo.

His visit was part funded by regional development agency, One North East.

Mr Halsall’s talk focused on RiversideOne’s sustainable master-planning, construction and design processes and how that innovative approach to creating built environments would deliver the UK’s largest zero carbon development.

Mr Halsall said: “I was very pleased to have been asked to speak about RiversideOne at the Expo as it provided a great opportunity to focus global attention on what is being undertaken in Middlesbrough.

“RiversideOne is regarded as one of the world’s most exciting and interesting regeneration projects because it combines a clear understanding of people’s needs with the latest sustainable building design technology delivered with minimal environmental impact.”

Construction is well under way on the first residential building called CIAC - Community in a Cube. It will be eight storeys high and include 80 studio, one and two-bedroom apartments.

To find out more contact the sales team on 0808 1722 430 from 10am until 5.30pm, Thursday to Monday, or email sales@riverside-one.com. For further information visit www.riverside-one.com.

A world class example of a low carbon regeneration project! Oh my God, the shit that copywriters come up with just makes me laugh... and then cry a bit. How on earth is an unrealised vision based on plonking high rise buildings in open space, a low carbon exemplar... It will be a high carbon project in every way, especially as it will be torn down again in 30 to 40 years because of its inherently unsustainable design.

You obviously haven't looked into the development at all have you.

Unrealised? Its happening now, may be way behind time and happening very slowly bit by bit, but things are starting to pick up. Not really high rise buildings the majority are 8/9 storey's relativley high for Middlesbrough but in terms of even just the UK its very much a mid-rise.

Any more news on this site ? Is it going ahead or are they waiting for things to get better

first building, CIAC is under construction: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=982320&page=6

Another £13m is being put into Middlehaven to fund some new developments.


£13m Middlehaven boost for Middlesbrough
by Sandy McKenzie, Evening Gazette
Mar 14 2011



SCHEMES costing around £13m are set to be delivered in the regeneration of Middlesbrough’s Greater Middlehaven area.

The developments are seen as signalling the progress being made at Middlehaven and the continuing interest in the area from the private sector - despite the difficult economic climate.

The new developments announced include:

:: A £6m rehabilitation centre for people with brain injuries and complex neurological conditions;

:: Pontoons in Middlesbrough Dock to create a small marina for yachts and other small boats, and

:: The conversion of the Grade II listed Gibson House into an office development.

Discussions are also at an early stage with Fabrick Housing Group - parent company of Erimus Housing and Tees Valley Housing - about the potential development of its new headquarters in the area.

The planned rehabilitation centre, to the south-west of Middlesbrough College, would provide specialist support for people with brain injuries and complex neurological conditions.

A private provider and Erimus Housing are working with Middlesbrough Council to deliver the centre, which would be the only one of its kind on Teesside.

A planning application is to be submitted in the next few months and work is planned to start on site late this year.



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^^ Sounds like very good news.

We already have FIVE current "Project Threads" on this Forum (see below) for projects at Middlehaven.

Projects numbered 01, 05, 10, 15 and 16 on the Development Summary . . .

01 - CIAC | Middlehaven, Middlesbrough | 38m | U/C

05 - Temenos | Middlehaven, Middlesbrough | 50m | Completed

10 - Qube | Middlehaven, Middlesbrough | 40m | 9fl |Preparation

15 - Gateway | Middlehaven, Middlesbrough | Various | Approved

16 - Manhattan Gate | Middlehaven, Middlesbrough | Various | U/C

Hopefully, we may soon need a few more!

Can someone please advise me (down the line) when this is the case, so that I can update the Development Summary.

^^ Sounds like very good news.

We already have FIVE current "Project Threads" on this Forum (see below) for projects at Middlehaven.

Projects numbered 01, 05, 10, 15 and 16 on the Development Summary . . .



Hopefully, we may soon need a few more!

Can someone please advise me (down the line) when this is the case, so that I can update the Development Summary.


No probs ,Ill advise you as things happen.
I hope they make the proposed £6m rehab building an unusual one in keeping with the Middlehaven theme

Stunning vistas on offer at RiversideOne development

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/gazettelive2/mar2011/4/7/middlehaven-18560931.jpg

NEW perspectives of Middlesbrough’s skyline are afforded from the top of the first of the residential buildings being built at the town’s £200m RiversideOne development.

Striking images taken at sunset from the seventh floor of the building on the Middlehaven site show some of town’s iconic structures.

Yarm-based photographer Kirstie Handley, who has been commissioned to document the construction of Community in a Cube (CIAC) at the development, took the shots to show potential residents the superb views that will be available from apartments.

To the north west of CIAC, Kirstie has captured the £70m Middlesbrough College building and world famous Transporter Bridge, to the north east is Anish Kapoor’s Temenos sculpture and the Riverside Stadium and to the south is the town centre’s skyline.

Kirstie’s remarkable CIAC-based pictures are available to view on the RiversideOne blog - www.riverside-one.com/blog.

Pete Halsall, managing director of RiversideOne developer BioRegional Quintain, said: “These superb images don’t just show how great the views are from CIAC, they also show how Middlehaven is rapidly becoming a futuristic new district of the town. We always knew the views were going to be good, but we didn’t expect them to be as fantastic as this.

“Kirstie has expertly captured the proud icons of Middlesbrough’s heritage and its exciting future in her shots and we are absolutely thrilled she was able to do so from our building.”

Mr Halsall said that with construction of CIAC progressing rapidly, workers would soon be installing the duplex penthouses called Skyhomes on the eighth and ninth floors of the building which would provide further outstanding vistas.

When completed CIAC will be nine storeys high and comprise 80 studio, one and two-bedroom apartments and Skyhomes penthouses. The first residents are expected to be able to move in this autumn.

Kirstie said: “Middlehaven has a very special light, especially at sunset when I took the shots, and the various iconic structures visible from CIAC bask beautifully in it. CIAC has given me an entirely different perspective on Middlesbrough and the muscular beauty of its industrial landscape.”

When complete RiversideOne will include 750 homes, Grade A offices, prime retail units, a hotel and public events space.

The development has a marketing suite including a show apartment and is situated off Windward Way. To find out more about the properties available email sales@riverside-one.com or call 01642 244490. For more details on RiversideOne visit www.riverside-one.com.

Source: Evening Gazette (http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2011/03/16/stunning-vistas-on-offer-at-riversideone-development-84229-28340519/)

The photos on that blog are of a terrible quality - needs sorting out.

While I am impressed that the first of 10 sugar cubes is finally starting to happen, I am more impressed with the fantastic Linthorpe Hall 248 project. I think it's fantastic that two brilliant building projects are happening at once and that it has sparked some debate as to which is better looking. By far the 'Jenga' sugar cube (as I call it) is the best, but for now, I'm sorry, 248 all the way.

People shouldn't get their hopes raised about all these sugar cubes, Qube is under construction from September but the next three won't even start until 2015, 2016, and Riverside-One won't say why. The other five haven't even got planning permission yet, and the 10 in front of the Transporter have been scrapped. I really think projects like this could massively help our city bid next year, but I seriously doubt that we'll see this finished in our lifetimes, maybe not even our children's lifetimes the way this council is going about it. It's hard to think, but it has been six years since the Odeon collapsed (or was demolished, depending on your viewpoint), and those lovely two skyscrapers were scrapped and that hideous 45 story monstrosity still hasn't got anywhere.

And I do think we'll get the city bid next year. CIAC is a wonderful example of the mayor's drive to get this town a focal point (mainly crazy architecture), so that we'll have something to shout about as a city. The motto is excellent: a city at heart. It is. Everyone I’ve ever met who comes here for the first time says ‘lovely city’, and then, embarrassingly, I have to correct them with ‘err, no, town actually’.

I mean, will we really lose it to Reading? That's just a place for people who can't afford to live in Bath.

'Boro City 2012!

The photos on that blog are of a terrible quality - needs sorting out.

While I am impressed that the first of 10 sugar cubes is finally starting to happen, I am more impressed with the fantastic Linthorpe Hall 248 project. I think it's fantastic that two brilliant building projects are happening at once and that it has sparked some debate as to which is better looking. By far the 'Jenga' sugar cube (as I call it) is the best, but for now, I'm sorry, 248 all the way.

People shouldn't get their hopes raised about all these sugar cubes, Qube is under construction from September but the next three won't even start until 2015, 2016, and Riverside-One won't say why. The other five haven't even got planning permission yet, and the 10 in front of the Transporter have been scrapped. I really think projects like this could massively help our city bid next year, but I seriously doubt that we'll see this finished in our lifetimes, maybe not even our children's lifetimes the way this council is going about it. It's hard to think, but it has been six years since the Odeon collapsed (or was demolished, depending on your viewpoint), and those lovely two skyscrapers were scrapped and that hideous 45 story monstrosity still hasn't got anywhere.

And I do think we'll get the city bid next year. CIAC is a wonderful example of the mayor's drive to get this town a focal point (mainly crazy architecture), so that we'll have something to shout about as a city. The motto is excellent: a city at heart. It is. Everyone I’ve ever met who comes here for the first time says ‘lovely city’, and then, embarrassingly, I have to correct them with ‘err, no, town actually’.

I mean, will we really lose it to Reading? That's just a place for people who can't afford to live in Bath.

'Boro City 2012!


Yes, It has taken years for anything to start down at Middlehaven .
Thats good news if Qube is going to start this year,but disappointing if the other cubes arent going to start for a few years yet,as I thought they had already got a Hotel operator for the hotel cube also one of the proposed casino operators is looking at taking a cube if they win the casino bid with Middlesbrough council.
I hope we do win the city bid as it might give people more of an identity and pride in Teesside

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A bit in tonights Gazette



Teesside's changing landscape as big projects progress
by Sandy McKenzie, Evening Gazette
Mar 25 2011

A NEW phase of work is under way at Middlesbrough’s £200m RiversideOne development.

A £2.5m project has started to create car parking, enhance public spaces and improve transport links to the town and beyond.

Developer BioRegional Quintain has appointed contractor GB Building Solutions to construct RiversideOne’s south car park area. It is due to be completed by September and will include 300 spaces, landscaping and public spaces.

Pete Halsall, BioRegional Quintain’s managing director, said: “With the construction of RiversideOne’s first residential building, CIAC (Community in a Cube), progressing at pace we are very pleased to maintain our momentum by starting this next phase of the development.

“The GB Building Solutions team is also currently engaged in the construction of CIAC.”

The car park will feature solar powered parking meters, four electric vehicle charging points, and energy efficient LED street lighting, believed to be the single largest installation of LED street lights in the UK to date.

Mark Rutledge, GB Building Solutions site manager, said: “We are delighted to have been awarded this contract following on as it does from our appointment to build CIAC.”

The pedestrian entrance to the car park area will lead to a landscaped area featuring trees, planting beds and lighting columns. Many of the trees will be encircled by art features while a walk to the edge of the dock will provide views of Temenos.

The car park will also feature bays for a car club and cycle parking.

Charlie Rooney, Middlesbrough Council’s Executive councillor for regeneration, said: “The car park will be innovative, aesthetically pleasing and environmentally-friendly.”

Anne Mulroy head of area at the Homes and Communities Agency said: “This is another step forward for Middlehaven, helping to reconnect the area to the town centre.”

Emma Speight, head of special projects at One NorthEast, said: “This marks significant and welcome progress for this regeneration scheme. Middlehaven is central to the town’s ongoing regeneration.”



Read More http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2011/03/25/teesside-s-changing-landscape-as-big-projects-progress-84229-28397583/#ixzz1He6yVxCs

Really hope to see more activity around the Middlehaven area. Its only the CIAC which seems to be making any progress. Are there any other projects on Middlehave currently under construction?

Really hope to see more activity around the Middlehaven area. Its only the CIAC which seems to be making any progress. Are there any other projects on Middlehave currently under construction?


The Development Summary thread lists all the current projects being covered on this Forum.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=67494871&postcount=1

As you will see, there are FIVE in Middlehaven, nos. 01, 05, 10, 15 and 16.

Not all are active at the moment.

Riverside One's South Car Park looks like it is starting.

The past few days workers and heavy plant machinery have been removing planting and fencing along Winward Way, starting close to Bridge Street E.

From what has been removed already i can't see this stage of the project taking too long.

This shows then that they are not planning on building Staten House and the other office block here, as these would have gone where the now car park stands. I don't know if Liberty Point and the Multi-storey car park will ever happen, this was supposed to be the last phase.

I can't see how they are certain theres no way any other cube will start till 2015, what about this potential hotel? and casino?

I drove past CAIC yesterday and it looks like they are starting to build the carparks for the other cubes from CAIC right down to the college

^ Yes, so it does.

Now that Stockton has its rightful place, well Billingham on skyscraper news. Would it be possible to add some other buildings/structures to the list?

Originally posted by bobalania:

Is it possible to post those pics directly onto here?

I don't know if you're still looking for an answer, but I stumbled on this link:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=593861

It's a bit of a faff but I cannot think of any other way of doing it.


Am I alone in thinking how the heck are they going to fit 10 'cubes' on this stretch of land considering those grey office blocks on the other side are part of five to be built over the next two years? I've flown over this site in a helicopter (for a reason I'm sure you're not interested in) and I just cannot see it working. Maybe eight. But CIAC is my least favourite design. The Jenga one is the best. Try and guess which one that is.

Alsop's plans were for more than just 10:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tees/weareteesside/2004/07/middlehaven/middlehaven_overview203x152.jpg

Cubes as far as the eye can see!

The plans change every week. That original picture is really old now, and I guarentee you, most of that will never be built.


Look at this:

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n527/test90/DSCF77542.jpg

You can just see the footprint of CIAC and when you consider that the 10 that are currently planned are all going to be the same height and size, and that the Hudson Quay office development (the grey offices) have a further three buildings to build with one to the right, two behind and one to the left, it beggers belief they can fit five in let alone 10.

aye, if I was still in the Boro I would of bought one of these, I would of felt right dutch next to the canal!

You can just see the footprint of CIAC and when you consider that the 10 that are currently planned are all going to be the same height and size, and that the Hudson Quay Office Development (the grey offices) have a further three buildings to build with one to the right, two behind and one to the left, it beggers belief they can fit five in let alone ten.


When you refer to the Hudson Quay Office Development, we have this development recorded on this forum as being called (see the below 'Project Thread') . . .

Manhattan Gate | Middlehaven, Middlesbrough | Various | U/C
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=985354

Should that thread title now be Hudson Quay?

Hudson's quay is one building in the manhatten gate development.

http://www.manhattangate.com/images/middlesbrough_town.jpg

I not impressed with those buildings at all, and the grand names are just ridiculous. Most of the middlehaven redevelopment has been of good quality so far (and nowhere near as whacky as will alsop's masterplan had suggested), but manhatten gate is the exeption. Bland grey offices from anywheresville, UK

Middlehaven is to get an Autumn kick start
by Jez Davison, Evening Gazette, July 25th 2011

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nebusiness/may2011/3/4/the-middlehaven-development-31500830.jpg
An artist's impression of the original proposals for the Middlehaven Development

A RE-FOCUSED VISION for the future of Middlehaven is set to be unveiled this autumn.

In 2004 architect Will Alsop tabled an ambitious blueprint that aimed to breathe new life into the area, which was struggling to recover from the closure of Middlesbrough Dock in July 1980. His plans have sparked several wealth-creating schemes including the £68m Middlesbrough College and Temenos, an eye-catching £2.7m sculpture on the banks of the River Tees.

Now regeneration chiefs have revisited the original plans to decide which schemes should be fast-tracked and which areas of land should be developed next.

Middlesbrough Council, which is leading the Middlehaven project, said it would reveal the re-modelled blueprint in the autumn and also said that it was the right time to re-visit the blueprint because economic conditions had changed substantially, since 2004.

Several schemes in Middlehaven are actually already up and running, including the flagship Boho One building which houses more than 20 creative and digital companies, and 'Community in a Cube' - an eclectic mix of studios, apartments and penthouse “skyhomes” - is due to be ready for occupation later this year.

Mr Allred said the new plans would build on existing assets and that it is by no means the end of Middlehaven. It is one of the flagship schemes for Middlesbrough.


Read More - http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news//tm_headline=middlehaven-gets-autumn-kick-start%26method=full%26objectid=29114717%26siteid=51140-name_page.html

Originally posted by Newcastle Historian
Should that thread title now be Hudson Quay?

Probably. Yeah, I'm wrong - sorry. Whenever I hear a reference to the site it's always called 'Hudson Quay' because that's all that's there. It should be called Manhattan Gate. I have a habit of calling the development 'Hudson Quay' because it's not really Manhattan Gate yet. All that's there is the Hudson Quay buildings so I just call it Hudson Quay. It's just like a personal abbreviation. Sorry for the confusion. People from Middlesbrough tend to abbreviate (Darlo, Stocko, Pool, Red'c, Boro, Hemo, Linny - I could go on).

I don't think the Manhattan Gate project is bland. The other buildings in the project are quite nice. I think it was a prospective decision. You've got the mental three skyscrapers and all the cubes of all the colours of the rainbow and all kind of shapes - you need some break from that. Think of the area as a canvas. Like a painting, you use the most colour in the greatest areas of interest and the slightly less interesting places you use more dull colours. The architecture isn't too bad - it's better than the '60s crap littered all over the city.

I do worry greatly about the revised plans. 'Revised' is a city planners word for 'severely scaled back'. I hope to God it isn't. We want those buildings. I mean, the skyscrapers elsewhere might be a good idea, but the rest of it is really cool. I say that because I do like the college. I spent the last two years (of four) there. My criticism is the inside. Totally white is an understatement.

Why do people think white = modern? I think they watch Grand Designs too much.

What would we like next? The 'Marge Simpson's haircut' tower? The 'Prada Skirt' tower? The 'Space Invader'? Personally, I quite like the Prada skirts, especially the central one (not sure about the yellow colour though)

Judging by the picture above ^

...I think most of the buildings look remarkably good. The bloated pinkish one on the right I don't really like - it looks a bit odd. The yellow one is gorgeous and should be the town's tallest building until Mandale pulls their finger out. I like the yellow. It should look nice in summer. The one next to that is hideous although better from the ground. The two piers are amazing. And all the cubes are gorgeous, but the Jenga one is the best (the wooden cubes stacked on top of each other like a Jenga tower). They should build that next. Very pretty.

I suspect that after Qube the piers will be next. They should be there by 2015/2018.

Does anybody know what is planned for the north side of the dock? this area is no longer shown on any plans and is always cut off from the visualisations.

will be a bit rubbish if they just leave that bit as wasteland.

The whole situation around this whole area is extremely complicated.

Basically, between the Tees Newport Bridge and the Riverside Stadium there are some business, some wasteland, some derelict buildings and some empty land. The council owns 95% of this land, and they have allocated 248 acres for redevelopment.

We know very little about the councils plans, but what we do know is this: all of that land is up for sale to private developers. The college was built, Manhattan Gate is being built and CIAC and the one next to it, Qube, have been given planning permission to be built. Nothing else has been approved or given permission to be built. Whilst we have the drawings, what you see in them may never be built. It's simply a suggestion. Every year, tens of architectural companies provide their own idea of what the whole site could look like. Take a look at this site (but be warned - it's very slow to load - click on 'gallery' and the first box titled 'Middlehaven' or something like that - you need to move the page down to find the 'next' button and it does crash now and again):

http://www.jimage3d.com/

This is one of many different things that could be built. We're not waiting for Riverside One to get their finger out, we're waiting for private developers to take an interest. Those cubes are all that currently are likely to be built. At this moment in time, we're waiting for the revised plans due in the next month or two, and be warned - what you love in that drawing, which was made in 2004 bear in mind, may not be there in the second attempt. There's only one drawing and it is 7 years old.

I'm going to wait for the 'revised' plans to see what may happen. Let's not forget that in 2004 the college and Temenos weren't planned, after all.

So we could have starting within the coming months:
- Qube
- New Sixth Form College
- Gateway (neuro-centre)
- Possibly Gateway Middlehaven (terrace hill development)
- Further news on the casino??

BioRegional Quintain to be wound up
Joey Gardiner, The Guardian, Friday 11th November 2011

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Business/Pix/cartoon/2011/11/10/1320948279332/BioRegional-Quintains-Mid-007.jpg

The Property Developer behind environmentally sustainable schemes will halt work after Middlehaven first phase

Above, is an artist's impression of sustainable developer BioRegional Quintain's Middlehaven scheme in Middlesbrough, designed by the Stirling prize-winning architect Will Alsop. Photograph: George Hadley/Graphic

The UK's highest-profile sustainable developer, BioRegional Quintain, is to be wound up after its parent company, the property developer Quintain, decided to focus on the London market.

BioRegional Quintain, originally set up as a joint venture by the influential environmental charity behind "One Planet Living" and Quintain in 2005, will finish the 80-home first phase of the Middlehaven scheme in Middlesbrough, and then wind itself up.


Read More - http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/nov/11/bioregional-quintain-to-be-wound-up?newsfeed=true

Whilst this is extremely sad news, at least Qube will be built (as it is part of Phase 1).

According to the article, the architects and the heads in charge of Riverside One are not going to let Middlehaven fall. After 10 years of investment, time, and love we have to hope the parent company keeps the funding going. Just because Bio Regional Quintain go under doesn't mean anybody is going to stand back and not fight for it.

Let's not forget that there are several sources of funding for Riverside One and one of them is One North East (which has also gone under) and the project was going to go on without them anyway.

All is not lost.

Been reading that this morning, Not looking good. Was going around the area yesterday and just thinking it's starting to look The part now, Real shame if the work is delayed long term.

I haven't seen this rendering:

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Business/Pix/cartoon/2011/11/10/1320948279332/BioRegional-Quintains-Mid-007.jpg

Looks great, very unique. Definitely a development worth fighting for.

That render was the first render I ever saw. You can tell its old because all that landscaping is now the college, not a part of the original plan.

We desperately need this development as a modern centre for the city we will become (although not next year judging by latest odds). We really need this.

I know it sometimes seems like a long way away, every letter in the Gazette's opinion page is full of people who say this is a 'terrible idea' and criticize the council for not paying attention to what the 'vast majority of the 165,000 people in the area want'. Every forum on the council website a tirade against this. It just makes me so angry that nobody seems to want this, my guess is because of a delusion that Middlesbrough as the 'king of steel' will return and that our forefathers would be disgraced by this.

Henry Bolckow and John Vaughan would not be ashamed of this. They would be proud our mayor is trying to live up to the erimus motto earned through our steel industry that we built with just as much hard work and graft as the current council have put into our continuing regeneration since 1990.

Of course Middlehaven is worth fighting for. It's our future. We were 'kings of steel' and world renowned but that's gone and we're never getting that back. Any attempt to thrust this city, and it is one, into a bright future, just like Bolckow and Vaughan did, should be applauded and coddled by every single one of those 165,000.

Digging around trying to find out what was happening at Middlehaven I came across this

http://www.urbaninitiatives.co.uk/blog/middlehaven-a-paradigm-shift-towards-the-ordinary/

It's the closest I've come to finding a new master plan. I don't think there will be one like Allsops plan again.

How the bloody heck did you find that?

Allsop's plans only ever covered the dock. There was never anything for the rest of Middlehaven, but looking at that render, it's fantastic. Middlesbrough really does look like a little city on there. I'd be very proud of that development. Nice to see the old town hall is a part of it, since the council want to demolish it.

That image of Middlesbrough is breathtaking. It's what we want and what we need. With the war against this town by the government in full swing, we need to get our priorities straight. We have no money and we're on our own. Businesses, jobs and economy boosting are the priorities - build the town up. This town has barely got its head above the water. Forget the architecture, just keep building and surviving.

Really hope this latest Middlehaven scheme gets somewhere and doesn't fail like ever other Middlehaven scheme. I love my town and would love it even more if this happened.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tees/weareteesside/2004/07/middlehaven/middlehaven_overview203x152.jpg

The rendering above suggests Alsop's plans were for the whole thing, not just the docks, and that's how I remember it being announced back in 2004. I do agree that releasing small plots of land to developers is a good idea rather than trying to fund huge areas in one go.

That was never official, though, or ever approved. It was just a general idea. They decided to take on the dock for the first phase of the scheme. It was going well until Bio Regional Quintain's parent group decided that everything outside of London wasn't important and pulled out from the scheme.

Whilst taking on a plot at a time is a good thing, and will lead to what we see in the render on the website at the top of the page, it's very slow. And there's never been a major developer wanting to develop a big area. It's just little plots of land like the new neuro-centre once every couple of years. I think it's all about getting interest in the area which is proving difficult.

I think the mayor's idea for the area was wonderful but he's ran out of ideas. Nobody seems interested in the scheme and it seems like he doesn't know what to do. Maybe things will change when he's gone in a few years and a fresh set of eyes takes a look at it.

Copied over from the "Middlesbrough Developments" thread, for information . . .


There is something about Middlehaven on the council's website:

http://middlesbrough.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5434

I'd love it if a developer came along and did all that so we don't have to. Anyone have Jomast's phone number?

Great time lapse of MC6 at Middlehaven being built

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Great time lapse of MC6 at Middlehaven being built

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Wow ,makes it look so easy

What a sexy building. Yes, you read that correctly.

It's a bit of a shame they didn't save more of the old building, but at least they saved some of it. Makes a nice change.

Looks like they are starting to think about building a Boho 5



4.2m Middlesbrough scheme could mean hundreds of jobs
by Sandy McKenzie, Evening Gazette Feb 26

A £4.2m scheme to build a fifth part of the Boho complex in Middlesbrough aimed at creating hundreds of jobs is planned.

The new building - Boho Five - would be built on a site at Middlehaven between Bridge Street East and Winward Way.

It would be “a business incubation unit” to provide premises for new businesses looking to establish themselves in the digital sector.

It will also build on the success of the Boho Zone in Middlesbrough.

Charlie Rooney, Middlesbrough Council’s executive councillor for regeneration and economic development is being asked on Thursday to approve the council taking a lead on the project.

Cash for the scheme would be sought from the European Regional Development Fund and the Homes and Communities Agency


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Typical moaners in the comments. Don't like anything, do they?

Stupid name. Not enough jobs. Too much money. We don't need it. I really wish they just button up and leave the rest of us to enjoy it. If you don't like it, be quiet and stop trying to ruin it for everyone.

Fantastic news. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

I mentioned the other day about Boho Six to be in Crown House, called, obviously, Crown House Boho Six. I also asked, "Where the heck is Boho Five?" Here it is. They've planned this for months.

I'm just so proud of it. Wonderful news. Good bit of land too, as it was meant to have four of the eight 'cubes', that now will not be built, on it. So the land is getting used.

Ooh, it's flying now.

Middlehaven is a go!

Plans for £20 million worth of investment in Boro College are afoot.

Build to learn, extension to MC6, extension to the main building, and a new £12 million engineering centre to be built somewhere around there.

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2013/03/13/middlesbrough-college-looking-for-20m-expansion-84229-32978720/

Jeez, you wait eight years for anything to happen in Middlehaven and it hits you like a flood. CIAC, Boro College, MC6, The Gateway, Manhatten Gate, Boho 5 - God only knows what's coming next. It's only March.

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Planning application has gone in for Boho 5.

There are two long documents about the application. The first one is very interesting. Lots of photos, good information, really detailed and thorough. I don't think I've ever seen such a detailed planning application. They really care about making this building work and work brilliantly well, at that. If you have a spare hour, it's a fascinating read.

Very proud of her.

Planning number:
M/FP/0301/13/P

Planning application has gone in for Boho 5.

There are two long documents about the application. The first one is very interesting. Lots of photos, good information, really detailed and thorough. I don't think I've ever seen such a detailed planning application. They really care about making this building work and work brilliantly well, at that. If you have a spare hour, it's a fascinating read.

Very proud of her.

Planning number:
M/FP/0301/13/P

Just looked at this and looks like it will be a good addition to the Middlehaven skyline its getting built on a slither of waste ground next to the Railway lines ,shame its not a couple of floors higher like some of the other buildings that have gone up round there recently

It's good to see things happening at Middlehaven ,as it had seemed to stall,lets hope Boho 5 goes up soon.

I keep saying driving along the A66 it really is begining to look quite built up over Middlehaven at last.
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Thanks.

Forgot to mention, work has started on stripping the interior of Erimus House. Lots of banging and shouting. The building is at the end of Bridge Street East and in Queen's Square, at the half-way point between St. Hilda's and Middlehaven. More apartments and shops. Good to see.

The extension to Middlesbrough College should be underway later this year, as should Boho 5. I think Manhatten Gate has stalled.

With a rehab unit at the centre of Middlehaven that's due to have many trees planted around it, it'll look lovely around there.

Can you get a pic of this billboard on lower east street? with the future look of middlehaven on? Is this a new rendering???

Erm, sort of. Middlehaven is being sold off bit by bit. The rendering I think is just a way of showing what the area near the Transporter could look like. It's lovely, though. I've never had much of a proper look at it, but I'll try and get a photo next time. It's not an easy thing to photograph.

Last time I was there, there were diggers everywhere pulling down the remainder of the Victorian buildings. I know the council is on the verge of forceful eviction of the rest of the businesses around there, so they'll be demolished soon. Hopefully then there'll be more investment.

I think the billboard is a way of attracting developers. And it needs it, because there's hardly anything left standing over there. Just acre after acre of muddy mess.

You mean the renders for this?

http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/static/ebooks/middlehaven/middlehaven_design_codes.pdf

I think some of those renders were on the billboard but the main focus of it was a hand drawn affair. Certainly seems to be a part of that masterplan for Middlehaven, which is very interesting.

Albeit, knowing this council, completely unrealistic.

Here's the billboard drawing. A bit of a rough sketch but a gorgeous vision, regardless. It just reminds me of Amsterdam, for some reason. Of course, it's almost certainly not realistic. I mean, there's a guy wearing shorts. With the summer we've been having and all. I could've cropped this photo but I decided to leave in the surroundings because it includes the Transporter.

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n527/test90/DSCF0465_zps1815fa1e.jpg (http://s1138.photobucket.com/user/test90/media/DSCF0465_zps1815fa1e.jpg.html)

I think it looks lovely. Be delighted if this happened. Not likely, but let's hope...

I was down at this hording around two weeks ago and your right it does look a tad unrealistic, however, now that 'Annes Pantry' is in the process of being demolished and soon you'll be able to see right through to the transporter and the river. When the urban park is completed i'm sure it will be much easier to imagine the vision portrayed.