Bristol City Council and Skanska are preparing to submit plans for a major new development next to the city’s co-working hub Engine Shed 2.
The £90m Temple Square scheme, designed by Grimshaw Architects, will create a new gateway to the city.
The scheme, reminiscent of the Paddington Cube development in London, will comprise three large office buildings totalling around 250,000 sq ft, ancillary shops and restaurants and a new public piazza.
The development is part of a strategic land partnership with the council, involving a swap with Station Approach, which sits within the council’s masterplan for the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone.
It will be the largest in Bristol since Salmon Harvester Properties’ 100,000 sq ft 2 Glass Wharf completed last year.
Plans are expected to be submitted by the end of the year with a phase completion scheduled for 2025.
Bilfinger GVA is advising on planning.
Engine Shed 2
Bristol City Council is selling the George and Railway site at Temple Meads to Skanska for a £20m development.
The 45,000 sq ft Engine Shed 2 business incubator, office, and co-working space is expected to follow on from the success of Engine Shed 1, which has also received the go-ahead for expansion. It opened in the Old Station at Temple Meads in December 2015 and was let to Science Research Foundation and incubator SETSquared Centre.
The plans are part of a strategy to extend the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone.
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