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Southreef Southreef Developments is hoping to complete the first phase of its scheme on Canal Street this year. The waterside project will offer 5,000sq m of office space and 237 apartments, plus shops, restaurants and bars. The second phase of the development will feature more than 7,500sq m of office space set around a central atrium that will accommodate two winter gardens. A planning application for the project, known as Southreef 2, was submitted last year.
Design According to architect Levitate of London, the inspiration for the project is in response to the context of the site as the first regeneration scheme in the area. Architect Doug Hodgson explains: “It had to be about repairing the street edge. Therefore the concept for the building is a long terrace, as would have been found in grand city plans of the previous century. “Sustainability was a design principle from the earliest concept stage. The scheme is inherently very sustainable due to its location next to the train, tram and bus stations and we designed the scheme around a disused footbridge over the canal to encourage pedestrian movement and we’re also creating a new public square by the canal edge.” Phase two will have exposed concrete soffits that will behave as heat sinks reducing the energy requirements of the offices as well as ground water heating and cooling and a passive ventilation system organised around two winter gardens that will act as primary circulation spaces in the building. The development will be powered and heated by the district heating main. North-facing elevations are highly insulated with smaller openings while full-height glazed facades facing south give apartments good daylight.
Meadows Gateway (Southside) The creation of an improved city gateway for Nottingham moved one step closer in November 2008, when councillors gave the green light to ambitious redevelopment plans for the Meadows Gateway project. The scheme will see the area around the city’s train station regenerated, as part of the work to be carried out in the council’s Southside regeneration zone. The city council and Nottingham Regeneration Limited are encouraging a series of developments designed to improve the area. Phase one of the redevelopment will see Lace Market Properties progress with plans for a mixed-use scheme around Arkwright Street and Sheriffs Way. Designed by Make architects it will offer office, retail and leisure space, a 115-bed hotel and 65 apartments. This development, and the others that will follow in the Meadows Gateway area, will improve the city’s gateway, offering visitors a more positive first impression and expanding the city centre while re-establishing the links between Meadows, one of Nottingham’s most deprived neighbourhoods, with the city.
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