General Developments

ANOTHER student halls development is coming, in place of the Bellway Homes development on Excelsior Road (off Western Avenue).

Case Reference: 17/02181/MJR
proposal: THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING AND REDEVELOPMENT OF SITE TO PROVIDE 213 NO. BEDROOM STUDENT ACCOMMODATION SET OVER 3 BLOCKS (3-5 STOREYS IN HEIGHT), A FLEXIBLE MIX OF COMMERCIAL (A1/A2/A3/B1A/D1) USES IN TWO GROUND FLOOR UNITS

This new building in London reminds me of a possible refurbished Capitol tower

Great observation! this kind of 'makeover' would definitely give us a fine looking capital tower! from the picture the dimensions look remarkably similar.

I actually prefer Capital Tower as it is. If it gets a makeover I would like it to be overclad in Portland stone...

yes, Portland stone I do like. it does look good on any building.

capital tower is still my favourite tower in Cardiff. it is sleek, elegant, and it is brutalism done very well indeed.

maybe this post got lost in the other lot, but now its main stream media reporting the bubble.....

Students in Wales taking out loans to afford 'luxury' flats

Its definitely a bubble and will like all bubbles burst.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-41240063

A studio apartment in the Fusion development on Newport Road, with a cinema, private dining room and gym, costs £177.50 a week - or about £9,000 a year - while a room in a traditional house share can cost under £50 a week.

I've taken this from my very own tweet! ( @cardiffwalesmap )



If you scroll across a bit you'll see 'B' which is number 5 cap qtr. In the new John St Pre app that we've been looking at this tower 'B' crops up all the time and I estimate it to be 105m! Also I heard talk of a 30 storey building proposed for the site off someone who seems to know his onions! I wonder when we'll hear anything on this one!!

Oh and if you are reading this Mr Smart can I urge you to add just one extra floor to whatever you may be constructing at number 5 and then Capital Quarter will have *Wales's tallest building!!

*Well until Hope Street gets going?

I agree, not sure why the proposed towers in cardiff have not just taken them a little higher to get wales tallest back in the capital, need to encourage a little competitive energy

Chicago's skyline is better than New York's. New York's is better than Dubai.

Taller doesn't mean better

Chicago's skyline is better than New York's. New York's is better than Dubai.

Taller doesn't mean better

Spot on. Give me this and the bunch of surrounding towers than what they have in Swansea any day.