Cardiff, Roath Basin
igloo PROJECT
Roath Basin in Cardiff Bay represents one of the most significant waterfront developments in the UK and will transform the last major derelict site in the Inner Harbour area to create more than 1 million sq. ft. of commercial development space and over 1,000 new homes.
It is anticipated that the redeveloped site will ultimately provide opportunities for some 4,000 jobs. The masterplan for the site allows for the development of commercial space targeted at the media, creative and life sciences sectors of the economy and including a Life Sciences Technium, designed to act as an incubator centre for new and small business ventures with outstanding potential. The redevelopment will also include some 200,000 sq.ft of leisure and retail space as well as a range of housing, including affordable units, which will be amongst the first in the UK designed to give flexibility of spaces, to enable adaptation for lifestyle changes, developed from the experience of the best designers across Europe.
Two dry docks will be flooded to help give the site more than 1.6 miles of uninterrupted waterfront, much of which looks across the Cardiff Bay lake towards the Wales Millennium Centre and the Assembly debating chamber.
Extensive infrastructure and public realm works including a new bridge linking the site to the remainder of the inner harbour will commence at the end of the year to allow the occupation of the first buildings during 2009 / 10.
To undertake the development project, the Welsh Assembly Government has completed a Development Agreement with Igloo.
Alongside the Welsh Assembly Government, igloo will now work with its team of both local and international designers to develop the 38 acre site in a process of regeneration which started 20 years ago at Cardiff's Inner Harbour.
Vinci Construction UK Limited are the main contractors working on the BBC Studios - for more information please contact the Project Manager, Kieran Mulrooney, on 02920 776777.
