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Better video going around now. If they aim to have this delivered by 2020, there can't be much time left for the Movie House. Haven't come across any definitive closure date yet though.
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They're waiting for an anchor tenant. The developer was in the paper speaking about it last week.
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I didn't think Kainos employed that many people. Agreed hopefully whatever they propose is high quality although will prob be smaller than the bank more proposal.
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£7m is just for the site, not the cost of building the offices.
The £65m figure is construction costs for the current proposal.
The £65m figure is construction costs for the current proposal.
Yeah. Current Bankmore proposal can support 3,000 employees. Kainos currently have less than 1,000 employees (probably alot less in their current HQ as many are outsourced anyway). Can see the proposals being downsized or perhaps Kainos will sublease some of the floors... ?
25,000 sq ft on every floor. Pretty massive.
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There was a spokesman from Kainos on the radio this morning who said that a new office design would be submitted, of approx 120,000 sqft - much less than the last most recent proposal (which was 250,000 sqft I think) which will potentially accommodate up to 1000 people. Kainos currently employ around 650 in Belfast out of 1200 or so globally.
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https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/...or-belfasts-7m-movie-house-site-37809593.html
This article states the new building will be a similar height but half the footprint. Which is odd.
This article states the new building will be a similar height but half the footprint. Which is odd.
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i can only guess that footprint in this context means actual square footage, as opposed to the amount of plot size it takes up. ie, podium will take up the plot, and we will get a skinnier tower (might look taller too) on top.
Or it means they will have outdoor space.
Or it means they will have outdoor space.
I can see them trying to make cost savings in the design and construction and then ending up with a cheap looking building compared to the original proposal which was really high quality as the original developer intended to lease it out to a high profile multinational to house 3,000 people. Hope I'm proved wrong and it ends up being a high quality gateway building.
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I hope so, in the end it is going to be their statement building.
Then again, they did make their staff organise across lots of mediocre buildings for ages.
I hadn't even realised the company was so big, and in particular its Belfast presence.
Then again, they did make their staff organise across lots of mediocre buildings for ages.
I hadn't even realised the company was so big, and in particular its Belfast presence.
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Quick paint effort, but i chopped off the top 5 floors and reduced the height of the tower. Would still look well.
bankmore by hypnotoad24, on Flickr
bankmore by hypnotoad24, on Flickr
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Public exhibition, maybe appropriately, on April Fools day in the Clayton Hotel.
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Demolition by the end of the year, but with the office proposal being redesigned, expect a lovely empty plot to sit there for a year or two.
Kainos: Movie House demolition to proceed but firm re-examining HQ design
Kainos plans to demolish the Dublin Road cinema but is deferring construction of its new HQ.
www.bbc.co.uk
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