if
it's about Cardiff..
Sport, Entertainment, Transportation, Business,
Development Projects, Leisure, Eating, Drinking,
Nightlife, Shopping, Train Spotting! etc.. then we want it here!
"In 1992 PFI was implemented for the first time in the UK by the Conservative government of John Major ... PFI expanded considerably in 1996 and then expanded much further under Labour, resulting in criticism from many trade unions, elements of the Labour Party, the Scottish National Party (SNP), and the Green Party ..."
There is an application for that patch of Wasteland next to the Cardiff City Stadium (by the Sand Martin), remember it was earmarked to be a hotel with ground floor units, potentially a restaurant etc.
The new factory building in the docks is now nearly completed. I understand it will be used for manufacture of steel products which is a welcome sign. I don't know who the manufacturer is. Judging from the size of the crane in front of the shed it could be fairly large or heavy things.
Anyone know what they are building on the land immediately adjacent to the red bridge down on Roath dock - the other side from the Norwegian Church. Doesn't look like anything big but just wondering.
so quite a few buildings are nearing completion/started now.
we have got so far:
the admiral building
prospect place
primark store
media centre near the BBC studios
the gmb building
the old blind institute
car park near dr. who.
cardiff and vale college
while these are starting soon...
the pub site near the prison
atrium extension
student flats near barfly
habitat store being turned into two restaurants
liquid/life site
ones i think where something really needs to start and will make a dramatic change to Cardiff is at the:
rapport car park site.
around central station, especially looking forward to demolitions to start around there.
the site next to the chapel would be great to be developed.
the site across from the golden cross.
when will the york hotel be demolished and developed? taking ages for something to happen there.
Me guess woyld be that some of the things on your about to start list will take longer than we think, or not at all. I dont think the barfly one will happen soon.
But you can add the Cardiff Met arts department to the nearly done list. And Cardiff uni business school. There is movement in the city.
so quite a few buildings are nearing completion/started now.
we have got so far:
the admiral building
prospect place
primark store
media centre near the BBC studios
the gmb building
the old blind institute
car park near dr. who.
cardiff and vale college
while these are starting soon...
the pub site near the prison
atrium extension
student flats near barfly
habitat store being turned into two restaurants
liquid/life site
ones i think where something really needs to start and will make a dramatic change to Cardiff is at the:
rapport car park site.
around central station, especially looking forward to demolitions to start around there.
the site next to the chapel would be great to be developed.
the site across from the golden cross.
when will the york hotel be demolished and developed? taking ages for something to happen there.
sure I'm missing some others...
You missed a huge steel factory being built in the docks
There is an application for that patch of Wasteland next to the Cardiff City Stadium (by the Sand Martin), remember it was earmarked to be a hotel with ground floor units, potentially a restaurant etc.
I'd have rathered the hotel/ground floor units option as well - if I recall the design was 5/6 storeys which would have created a decent bulk along that side of the road, whereas a superstore will be very low-rise.
Having said that, I think Lidl will do well there.
There's another supermarket no far down the road isn't there? Is it Asda. Never really sure about the idea of flats there. Football or any large crowd event can be a nuisance for residents. As for a hotel, again the stadium might have been a draw but it's pretty out of the way isn't it?
There's another supermarket no far down the road isn't there? Is it Asda. Never really sure about the idea of flats there. Football or any large crowd event can be a nuisance for residents. As for a hotel, again the stadium might have been a draw but it's pretty out of the way isn't it?
Yeah, there's an Asda just down from there, plus a Costco (which I think you need to be a member to join).
I wouldn't say the site is anymore out of the way, hotel-wise, than the hotel in Ocean Way, or off Eastern Avenue, for example. Hotels like premier inn or travelodge (I've a feeling the latter had been lined up for this) are often sited in fairly non-central locations these days.
Close to the dual carriageway, very close to the stadium, on the right side of town to get to the airport (laughs and rolls eyes) - I think it would be a very good site for a budget hotel.
"Having acquired a yet to be developed five acre parcel of land at the Callaghan Square office scheme from MEPC, the Welsh Government is expected to see construction start on a new 100,000 sq ft office scheme by the end of the year – with completion in late 2015 or early 2016. This will cost in the region of £15m."
Anyone know what they are building on the land immediately adjacent to the red bridge down on Roath dock - the other side from the Norwegian Church. Doesn't look like anything big but just wondering.
They are planting trees in lines so I guess it must be a car park. sorry it's such a rotten photo.
They are knocking down the terraced houses on Dumballs road opposite the station, is this a prelude to construction starting at Callaghan Square?
really. thats a shame. they were perfectly good houses and could have easily been converted into open plan offices
On a separate note - they are just about finishing installing about 40 chunky metal bollards as security measures outside the red brick National Assembly building on Bute Place - presumably to make it more difficult for Jantra to launch the inevitable pitchfork attack cometh the revolt
They are knocking down the terraced houses on Dumballs road opposite the station, is this a prelude to construction starting at Callaghan Square?
really. thats a shame. they were perfectly good houses and could have easily been converted into open plan offices
On a separate note - they are just about finishing installing about 40 chunky metal bollards as security measures outside the red brick National Assembly building on Bute Place - presumably to make it more difficult for Jantra to launch the inevitable pitchfork attack cometh the revolt
On a separate note - they are just about finishing installing about 40 chunky metal bollards as security measures outside the red brick National Assembly building on Bute Place - presumably to make it more difficult for Jantra to launch the inevitable pitchfork attack cometh the revolt
Saw a drilling rig today on Callaghan Square working behind the remains of the terrace on Tresillian terrace/Dumballs Road. Haven't seen a planning app but with the demolition of the old houses and now this somethingmaybe going up soon. Anyone got any news.
Suppose it might just be an extension of the homeless shelter - what any good CBD should have.
Folks, I'm not at all convinced that they are knocking down all of the terraced houses on the corner of Callaghan Square.
It looks to me as if it's just the boarded up ones (about half the row) which are being demolished, but (and I may well be wrong...) the ones with curtains up and fresh bin bags outside are probably inhabited and very likely to remain.
Jantra - that open plan office conversion vision of yours is still a possibility....
I have no idea but its long overdue! Whatever replaces it should have some ground floor activity. I really like City Road, there are some decent restaurants. Ideally I'd like to see something happen with the old cinema.
Isn't it the old petrol station? Dunno when Tesco will finally get the message that people are pretty ambivalent about them to put it kindly.
Yes they'll have some trade but I'm sure that a lot of their convenience stores don't make a lot of money. They're just after market share and bugger the profitabilty.
Simon, its exactly the opposite. Convenience is the fastest growing and one of the most profitable parts of the sector. This reflects the growth of inner urban populations and the decline in car ownership amongst this part of the population (recent years have seen both 0 and 2+ car households grow in number at the expense of 1-car households). And difficulties in finding sites for supermarkets in urban areas. The prices are generally pretty similar to the main Tesco stores, but they tend to stock different items - less 'Everyday value', more finest, convenience and other high-margin items.
Its not really a dash for market share.. its a dash for one of the few profitable directions for organic growth.
In answer to Simon - yes it is the old petrol station. It's at the library end of Cathays Terrace. I think there are two floors of flats above as well.
It's that undeveloped patch of land which has the very ugly concrete rendered building - apparently some sort of sub-station - alongside it. Quite an eyesore, to say the least, for any potential developer to build around.
I don't know either Kyle, although I notice that the licensing conditions mean that the venue can only open until 11pm. Frankly, that's pathetic and will inevitably lead to a costly appeal at some stage. Just two doors up one outlet (I think it's called a:m now) proudly boasts that it opens until 6am. Previously the Square was open until at least 2am and although the licence may have lapsed or been granted before the Saturation Zone nonsense was introduced I would have thought that the type of outlet that is being proposed would not add to potential public order problems. If so why the draconian licensing conditions? My local pub in the middle of a suburban housing estate opens later every day of the week.
The same conditions apply to La Bodega in High Street. The common denominator between these two outlets is that they are aimed at an older, higher end clientele. I thought this was what we were trying to encourage to diversify the night time offering and encourage older people to see the city centre as an entertainment destination. I get the feeling the Council simply impose these type of conditions (no doubt aided and abetted by the SWP) as some sort of automatic reflex without actually considering what they are doing.
But Cardiff's only been selected because £500k of our money has been given to this business on a plate. Depressing really. When will people realise this sort of thing is ultimately impoverishing? You could get an ice cream seller to relocate to the South Pole if you paid it enough, but can anyone ever seriously think that distorting behaviour in that way is the way to create wealth?!