And funnily enough, as soon as I mention it here, the next day the rest of the crane goes up. They have spies on here I tell you
Belfast Crane Count
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Anyone know what the crane count is in Belfast? Im pretty impressed with the amount of work up there.
As of December 1st Dublin had 80 in the city centre, that doesnt take into consideration any of the suburbs
As of December 1st Dublin had 80 in the city centre, that doesnt take into consideration any of the suburbs
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Currently 22 within the city. Doesn't count any in the Greater Belfast area.
Piece in the Belfast Tele about on-going developments: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/...lfast-in-10year-high-for-builds-36543580.html
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Just a wee one FFS... near cowped looking up at it.
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And from Original Source (probably better on a desktop):
https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/real-estate/articles/regional-crane-surveys.html
Nice to be up there with Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham.
A great comparison - you can see the relatively low amount of residential we are building quite clearly. Only 3 at time this survey was done
It's notable Leeds (which may be the only remotely closely relevant city to ours) has a huge surge in residential, it's even called out on the slides; 5 in developments there. Birmnigham has 13, and Manchester a mind boggling 41!!
Our most notable stat is the hotel rooms - nearly 1000 added this year alone.
And half our new office space comes from refurbishing old buildings - which as we've seen with Weaving Works can be a very good thing.
I've said before I think 2018 will be great seeing all these hotels and offices finally come 'online' at long last, but I hope that we see how the tourist industry, and citizens, react to all these new places first before we get another wave.
Recently there's been a few residential plans announced, so if they get into development that could bolster the numbers in that sector and maybe rebalance the growth into 2019.
It's notable Leeds (which may be the only remotely closely relevant city to ours) has a huge surge in residential, it's even called out on the slides; 5 in developments there. Birmnigham has 13, and Manchester a mind boggling 41!!
Our most notable stat is the hotel rooms - nearly 1000 added this year alone.
And half our new office space comes from refurbishing old buildings - which as we've seen with Weaving Works can be a very good thing.
I've said before I think 2018 will be great seeing all these hotels and offices finally come 'online' at long last, but I hope that we see how the tourist industry, and citizens, react to all these new places first before we get another wave.
Recently there's been a few residential plans announced, so if they get into development that could bolster the numbers in that sector and maybe rebalance the growth into 2019.
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Yeah I expect residential to start seeing growth. Not pre-recession levels but an increase nevertheless and welcome at that. The hotel boom is the market responding to previous lacklustre investment. I don’t expect many new projects to be announced in 2018 as I think this current boom will satisfy the market. There’s a few projects already announced that will start such as The Waring and Lanyon Hotel.
Yeah I expect residential to start seeing growth. Not pre-recession levels but an increase nevertheless and welcome at that. The hotel boom is the market responding to previous lacklustre investment. I don’t expect many new projects to be announced in 2018 as I think this current boom will satisfy the market. There’s a few projects already announced that will start such as The Waring and Lanyon Hotel.
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Hopefully for 2018 we will see things finally take shape at Sirocco works, and work will start on Bedford Square and CQ3
Very excited about the Sirocco works (Belfast Waterside).
Can't wait for the new TQ pathway to open, landscaping around Caroline, The Great Light and the Titanic Pump House restoration. It's all going to be world class!
Hopefully we see movement on the Ormeau Park - Gasworks bridge, it will transform that area....
Hopefully more car lanes turned into cycle ways....
Hopefully clarity from the planners on Royal Exchange - the sooner the better.
More pubs and resturants opening in city centre!!
Less cars in the city centre...
More tourists, more cruise ships...
More and bigger ships coming into Harland & Wolff for refits.
More productions announced for the Titanic Studios.
More C-Series orders for Bombardier
Can't wait for the new TQ pathway to open, landscaping around Caroline, The Great Light and the Titanic Pump House restoration. It's all going to be world class!
Hopefully we see movement on the Ormeau Park - Gasworks bridge, it will transform that area....
Hopefully more car lanes turned into cycle ways....
Hopefully clarity from the planners on Royal Exchange - the sooner the better.
More pubs and resturants opening in city centre!!
Less cars in the city centre...
More tourists, more cruise ships...
More and bigger ships coming into Harland & Wolff for refits.
More productions announced for the Titanic Studios.
More C-Series orders for Bombardier
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Another one up, for the Jury's hotel extension. Again courtesy of Gary Potter.
By his counting, that is 24 presently up in the city.
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By his counting, that is 24 presently up in the city.
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Image is a little old now but nice nevertheless...
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Correction, its 121 in Dublin as on Feb 1st, thats a jump of 12 cranes in 1 month
https://www.irishtimes.com/business...cord-high-for-fourth-month-in-a-row-1.3781710
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