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Historic Belfast building set for office and restaurant scheme
Plans to transform a historic building in Belfast city centre into office space and a restaurant have been given the green light.
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Looks a pretty decent proposal, hope whatever design they do come up with doesn't deviate too much from it. Proper ground floor street interaction, decent sized windows all nicely arranged, no silly blank areas on prominent facades. Much better than most of the other schemes of a similar nature proposed in Belfast.
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Much needed regen and density for that area.
I like it, nice height and density. I guess there is a good chance this would go ahead since CommunitiesNI have acquired the site ?
I would have liked to see balconies. I think Belfast really needs more apartments with balcony as this adds more value to city centre living (and the weather should not be an excuse, in Reykjavik Iceland most apartments have balconies
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I would have liked to see balconies. I think Belfast really needs more apartments with balcony as this adds more value to city centre living (and the weather should not be an excuse, in Reykjavik Iceland most apartments have balconies
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Very good chance, the developer won a competition to acquire it (best design) according to the Belfast live article I read.
I like it, nice height and density. I guess there is a good chance this would go ahead since CommunitiesNI have acquired the site ?
I would have liked to see balconies. I think Belfast really needs more apartments with balcony as this adds more value to city centre living (and the weather should not be an excuse, in Reykjavik Iceland most apartments have balconies
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Bank of Ireland building for sale, hopefully the buyer doesn’t intend to demolish it for something else. It’s a beautiful building.
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It's listed so can't be demolished or the original section altered.
It's a pretty unique building to repurpose. Be fascinating to see who buys it and what their plans are.
It's a pretty unique building to repurpose. Be fascinating to see who buys it and what their plans are.
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So, the most extreme scenario would be like the ewart Bedford square?
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Yeah. I actually would like to see the hideous brick extension demolished and replaced with something with a touch more class and sensitivity, would help open Bank Square more as well with the removal of that service area at the rear.
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It would be a fantastic site for a market hall/alternative events space with enhanced access to the outdoors at Bank Square. Unfortunately, the economics of that are unlikely to make sense for a commercial buyer.
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It would be great to see this building (or any other land, or vacant building for that matter) CPO'd by the government and turned into a food market like Reffen or Papirioen in Copenhagen. Feels like when some normality is restored people will really want to eat and drink out again. Would be one way of promoting local hospitality industry and re energizing the city centre. New ideas needed.
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There's great space adjacent to Bank Square on Chapel Lane that would be great. I think it's used for some private car parking but the shutters were up one day and it looked perfect.
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Indeed, the food hall trend has yet to hit the UK and Ireland properly yet, so looking forward to one opening someday!
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More residential approved
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I'm hearing that the other site on the Ballymaconaghy Road was also approved today, for (I think) another 126 houses.
I assume construction won't start for a number of years though? Presumably Fraser wouldn't be constructing sites on both sides of the road, at the same time?
I assume construction won't start for a number of years though? Presumably Fraser wouldn't be constructing sites on both sides of the road, at the same time?
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Yep, first two approvals on the list.
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That's a lot of detached homes (and cars). That said the homes look good quality and far better then the cheap, red brick new builds we have come to see. Also good to see a park.
Would like to see more low density apartments in the suburbs with access to more green space, has always been the norm in Europe. Would be of interest to me in a few years
Would like to see more low density apartments in the suburbs with access to more green space, has always been the norm in Europe. Would be of interest to me in a few years
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Never going to be an attractive option until leasehold is done away with,
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