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Re: Capital Quarter

PostThu Feb 02, 2017 8:14 pm

Well, whether it's for No. 5 or No. 4, I think it's safe to say this scheme is progressing far quicker than any of us would have thought! The developers around Cardiff are putting their money where their mouth is for once.
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Re: Capital Quarter

PostThu Feb 02, 2017 8:34 pm

If they are pushing ahead with no 4 now It's possible that they have a tenant lined up, because up till now they haven't actually been rushing to build, so why now the sudden urgency?
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Re: Capital Quarter

PostFri Feb 03, 2017 11:55 am

Exactly, it's unlike JR Smart to have two offices on the go at the same time.

Their website hasn't been updated yet, but maybe we'll get something in the press soon.
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Re: Capital Quarter

PostFri Feb 03, 2017 11:55 am

And piledriving has started today.

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Re: Capital Quarter

PostFri Feb 03, 2017 12:22 pm

Philnpt wrote:They haven't got detailed planning permission for no 5 yet, can they start building without it?


well technically i am sure they can, and then get retrospective planning...not that i imagine they would try that...

given the council's desire to get things moving, i'm pretty sure they have had the nod and wink to get on with things whilst the application ghosts through planning
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Re: Capital Quarter

PostMon Feb 13, 2017 9:28 pm

I can't see the Herbert street tower going ahead any more as it is also a fusion students development
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales ... t-12596819

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Re: Capital Quarter

PostMon Feb 13, 2017 9:51 pm

Philnpt wrote:I can't see the Herbert street tower going ahead any more as it is also a fusion students development
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales ... t-12596819

Start of the bubble Zach has been alluding to
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Re: Capital Quarter

PostMon Feb 13, 2017 10:06 pm

Jantra wrote:
Philnpt wrote:I can't see the Herbert street tower going ahead any more as it is also a fusion students development
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales ... t-12596819

Start of the bubble Zach has been alluding to


"The cheapest rooms cost £137 a week" - Enough said really. It wasn't that long ago (a matter of a couple of years) that rooms at Talybont were going for £67 per week and let's be honest, it's a nicer part of town than Adamstown!
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Re: Capital Quarter

PostMon Feb 13, 2017 10:10 pm

"The company has applied for a similar change of use at their sites in Bristol and Newcastle upon Tyne."

This is also interesting. Are they backdooring the planning process? Building student accomodation schemes, charging stupid rent (£50-odd a week more than what Cardiff Uni say is "average") and then doing what is more profitable and also avoiding the social housing requirements?
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Re: Capital Quarter

PostThu Mar 02, 2017 9:59 am

They are back on site clearing earth at the Herbert Street tower site this morning.
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