Lewisbeecham wrote:Msmurf wrote:As long as there isn't simultaneous construction on all 4 sides of the building at once, I don't see it being much of an issue. The only question is which phase will be next?
Phase 2 is the University campus and the Student accommodation. So it shouldn't disturb the office block much at all.
Phase 3 is the residential blocks down the river.
Phase 4 is the remaining office blocks.
I wouldn't read too much into these phases, other than maybe the first two. Just look how much other big projects have changed in the city since their master plans were first available. Central Square started off with the area that is now going to be HRMC and an empty plot for another office being residential with a student housing tower. The Interchange proposal has kept changing with what we are getting above the bus station.
At Capital Quarter we were going to have a hotel and residential, but it's turned out to be all offices so far other than the Eastern Courtyard plots that they sold on to Viridis to build the Lumis buildings. Even the land they bought the other side of the feeder canal changed from regular residential to the student tower building going up currently.
Don't get me wrong, I love the look of what they are hoping to achieve, it's very ambitious, but for now it's just that for me, a vision of what they'd like to achieve with just the Ledger building, the car park and maybe the new university campus being the guaranteed developments over the next 3-4 years. Everything else is subject to change based on future demand, and that's how it should be. I'm even curious about that Ledger building, it's a big old office to build speculatively. With that, the Interchange offices and the empty plot next to HMRC that's a lot of office space planned for Rightacres, let alone considering the competition across the road with the big offices planned at John Street by J R Smart. There must be a lot of demand, or something is going to have to give.
It's going to be an interesting one to watch that's for sure!
I hope we get those towers though, they look lovely.