NOTTINGHAM | Lace Market Square

[danz013]

Lace Market Square

Status: Near Completion
Regen Zone: Lace Market
Developer: Bildurn Properties
Architects: Wolfgang and Heron
Cost:: £10m
Use:: Residential (46 apartments), Offices & Retail (55,000sq ft).


Links:
SSC Thread
New Nottingham Page
Official Website
Bildurn Properties

Notes:
The £10m Lace Market Square development is at the centre of the Conservation Area
and is bounded by Warser Gate, St Mary's Gate and St Mary's Place and adjacent to
the new No.1 Fletcher Gate development. The principal building at the northern end
of the site will offer 640 sq m at ground floor level of retail space. There will also
be five upper floors containing 46 luxury apartments of one and two bedrooms and
these will be specifically targeted at the owner-occupier market. The second building
will comprise a two storey glazed "pavilion" of approximately 432 sq m and which
it is expected will be occupied as a high quality restaurant. Providing an active ground
floor frontage to the new public square has been imperative to Bildurn and the City
Council.

Current Status:
London based Rocket Restaurant will open up in the ground floor restaurant. Tennants
are moving into the apartments.

The square was due to open on 5th September however there have been delays with the
finishing of the landscaped piazzza



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[ranny fash]

theyre taking you on a tour, dan?! nice one mate!

[danz013]

yeahh!! I sent them an email...told them about new nottingham. They absolutely loved it! They said they'd add us to their media list, let me know any new news about new development. Send me pictures renders at my request....and.... take me on a grand tour of their development sites

So shes gone away on holiday... infact she'll be back today... im jus waiting for my new camera equipment to go to then we'll arrange this tour!

[ben77]

Nice one Dan. I really like this project its really in keeping with the area and looks like its pretty high quality. Does anyone know if shops in the development bewten this and the pod (can't remember the name, think it might be 1 fletcher gate) has been filled yet?

[danz013]

no they have these green boards over them... i think

[JDM]

New restaurant Goji are opening up on 21st August in a unit of One Fletcher Gate next to Lace Market Square. It's operated by the same people as Opium round the corner on Warser Gate. I've added it to this thread because I can't find the One Fletcher Gate thread and it's so close that it's practically one and the same.

[danz013]

what type of food do the do?

[danz013]

EDIT...

[Stefan88]

Pretty strong letter Dan it'll definately make them realise than people think it's shit.
Make sure you tell us the response you get

[danz013]

Just realised i posted this in the absoultey wrong place!

[Stefan88]

I haven't even walked through Lace Market Square yet lol. Last time I saw it the new build was only about 3 floors up and the rest was just a building site.

[bantam]

Took this today:



Doesn't look like much has changed since Dan took those ones at the top of the page tbh.

[danz013]

Yeah I think its just changes finishing the Piazza now...by the way... this will be opening early september..i was given a date but i can't remember it...i'll find out when I can be arsed to check my mails.

[pharmj]

Yea i would imagine its just finishing touches now. It looks as tho there are residents in some of the blocks now, so im guessing they are finished completely. Its nice to have public space in the lace market surrounded by history and yet the square itself being quite contempory. The modern art on the wall is a nice touch. I wonder when the restaurants will be moving in, as theres no sign of activity on that front at all yet.

[danz013]

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Don't forget...as well as the units on the inside...there are also units on the outside... like these....

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[Furrydice]

Not only is the new build good quality but the old buildings round the square look fantastic..... it looks so natural like there always was meant to be a square there. Ive not seen the actually landscaping properly. The lace trees look good but I hope its not over-fussy - it really doesnt need to be with the surroundings.

[danz013]

I go for my tour on the 5th September... the square is supposed to be complete by then so I should have much more to report shortly

[4ward4notts]

i only had two objection on this development.... one that it is a lil bland style wise but yes it fits very well....two the windows should be either all arched or a mix of arched and square..... like the other buildings in the lace market.....i fear that the development will age badly.....because it is just dull and up stage by the gucci of the building world which the pod...... the lace mrkt sq is burberry in comparison... down graded by chavs!!!

[Stefan88]

If the buildings were completely square then I'd agree about them not fitting in. The curves make them more interesting to look at. We'll have to wait and see as to whether or not it ages well. Only time will tell as the cheesy saying goes.

[pharmj]

I quite like the mixture of squared and arched, it makes the building seem a little more rustic and eccentric. having them all the same might just serve to make the building more bland than it was before. My only objection is that they have left the side of the building running down that side street a little bland..maybe some different brickwork or another arsty type thing would have given a focal point as u walk down that street.