Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:02 pm
Think we can be pretty sure it wouldn't look quite like that either. This is a concept drawing, designed to capture public attention. It looks like the recent purchasor thinks there's some chance but perhaps not a massive chance of such an ambitious development coming to fruition?
£5 million for a property with only short term tenants paying <£300k in rent a year, would be pretty pricey. But for a development site accomodating a similar quantum of office space, 270 apartments, and retail space.. even with construction/development costs.. would seem a bit of a snip.
I'd quite like to see more added to the cluster of big buildings to the east and south sides of the city centre. I don't really find Charles Street that worthy of conservation area status (its not that picturesque, and buildings don't have great architectural merit individually or collectively). But I'd want to see the value engineered designs before making my mind up!