Gloucester Heritage Urban Regeneration Company

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This is something Gloucester really needs. The only trouble is that this is seconds, we need the latest fashions. I suppose having proper designer shops and bars in the area around it will help, and also making kings quarter a fashionable shopping area- we don't want to remain in our current status of we build stuff for residents, Cheltenham gets the tourists. I am sick of having to go to other cities or towns to get some decent stuff. I can't imagine cheltenham will like being unable to look down on Gloucester though.

I hope also there will be a free shuttle bus or even tram service connecting the various parts of the city center together- here, the triangle and the area around the cathedral and Gloucester cross.
Posted on 2/Jul/2008

Gareth

Its wonderful to see this development going on in Gloucester. Gloucester has a wonderful diverse mix of people, however I feel in someareas it has become overrun with poorly educated people who have no respect for themselves or their environment. Lets attract some wealth into the city , and people who are proud of the city and respect it. These people may " dilute " the existing problem . My other concern is that we need to make sure that we do not create two different shopping venues, one with quality shopping , the other rundown and full of cheap discount shops , We need to make sure it is worthwile experience for visitors to walk the extra distance into the city centre for what it has to offer
Posted on 25/Feb/2008

Anthony

Fantastic news for the city of Gloucester that this vast development has at long last commenced and by the looks of things is progressing very fast! Well done to everyone involved throughout the 7 years or so of planning regulations etc to get to this stage, it has to be the right decision to go ahead with this for the city! I still recall that 5 and half hour special planning committee meeting on that cold November evening back in 2004! What a rollercoaster of mixed emotions that was, which ended with a round of relieved applause!

The designer outlet village has to attract premium and even exclusive tenants to attract visitors from further a field, who previously would have not come into Gloucester for their retail therapy. This has to be good thing with the wider knock-on effect. If the proposed King’s Quarter is re-developed in the right way to attract high quality retailers too, this city really could become a major shopping destination, come years 2009/10 onwards. Believe that? Let’s hope it does come true, so we can all enjoy it and spend our hard-earned money here to help our local economy and not travel elsewhere!?!

There’s mention of a waterbus service, this sounds like a great idea and I was wondering if this will form part of larger park-n-float scheme? This will ease congestion and form part of a leisurely experience for visitors too. Along with the designer shops, restaurants, coffee houses and bars on the waterfront, this really will become a quality major attraction for the city of Gloucester.

Is there intention for a children’s play area within the quays outlet development for families as there is in other designer outlet centres? We have found this to be a great addition and helps with the shopping experience when you have younger children.

Suggestion: How about a section of Llanthony Road being downgraded, to aid pedestrian footfall into the docks and city centre so they can benefit from the extra thousands of visitors which will come to the area.

Peel Holdings have reported on their website for a while now, that they propose to extend and re-furbish the existing Cineworld cinema. This appears to be long overdue due to the size of the population catchment. To gain maximum benefit from its adjoining quays development, I would have thought this re-development would make the most of its waterfront potential with a restaurant(s) and/or café? When can we expect to see some progress of this?

All in all, I am really looking forward to it all opening over the coming years!

Posted on 4/Feb/2008

Steve Crobbs

It's great, as people have said, to see the work going on and it good to see "parts" of buildings going up - it's really taking shape! I'm excited. Slight concern over the decision for a fashion outlet selling seconds...as again it seems that Gloucester will still be 2nd to Cheltenham. I here that high brow shops like ZARA etc. are making their way to Cheltenham...(one example). Please influence some "good" retailers our way ("selfridges & Co department store hint hint"- I for one can't wait for the day I don't have to travel to Bristol or Birmingham or London!!
Posted on 20/Dec/2007

Emma

Its great to see the cranes in Gloucester's skyline. It shows something is finally happening and I'm excited to see the regeneration starting. Looking forward to the Quays designer outlet centre opening in Spring 2009
Posted on 12/Dec/2007

Matt

Firstly, I would like to say I am very excited about this part of the regeneration scheme, it offers such great potential. Secondly, I feel that instead of placing a designer outlet there, a mall should be built, such as the one in Cribbs. As many other people have said, bring people with money to the area, instead of making it second best to Cheltenham. Give Gloucester some class!
Posted on 21/Nov/2007

Nick Kulesz

The plans for Gloucester are really impressive. It will be fabulous to celebrate the ancient mercantile history of this great city and also be able to enjoy all the new benefits of this regeneration. The new jobs will be of great value, the new housing will be of high quality and will attract high quality people-all benefitting established businesses and the new companies coming into our city. Gloucester doesn't need to try and 'compete' with Cheltenham-it just needs to be itself.
Posted on 29/Oct/2007

kieran

I think this is a good idea because at the moment Gloucester is sort of a dump and some parts of Gloucester City and that are nice. I think it's a good idea to fix the old ruined buildings and make them as a shopping centre or flats or hotel, I reccomend one of the historic buildings by the docks should be a big shopping centre for shops and for people to go in and put a John Lewis inside the shopping centre if you did put a shopping centre every year probbally 20 million people will go to shopping centre by the docks every year or less or more.
Posted on 26/Oct/2007

Claire Douglass

Gloucester deserves something special. But where is the world class contemporary art venue? It seems every other Tom Dick or Harry City has one, where's ours? Artists and their patrons are so well known for the vibrancy and economic benefits they bring ( Shoreditch, Hoxton, Nottinghill in London would not be the thriving places they are now without artists having made them the places to be.) Its a wasted opportunity not to engage with the artworld. Give us some cheap studio spaces and a fabulous new publicly funded gallery and see what happens........
Posted on 29/Sep/2007

Tarun patel

Let's hope you can be a bit bold and daring in Gloucester. Use this opportunity to make an impression. Lets have exciting urban apartments and retail and entertainment space like you see in places such as Cardiff, Birmingham and Manchester. We don't want buildings that look like what most dock regeneration schemes saw in the 1990s. But that's what usually happens in Gloucester - so far behind the times. Look at GL1 on eastgate Street. looks like a warehouse on a business park. Bland, dull and boring. be exciting and daring for a change. Go crazy! Make an impression and promote this as an important REGIONAL city, not a poor relation to Cheltenham and second-best at County level. And let's attract people with money to the city - there should be a ban on new social housing. Enough already! Not enough class in the city. People with money bring benefits to everyone. People with no money do not benefit anyone.
Posted on 27/Sep/2007

Paul Dewick

Just to say a big well done to all at Gloucester URC, finally something is happening. I was stuck in traffic this morning, with a little smile on my face watching the demolition, ready for The Quays to be built. Great, can not wait.

Posted on 6/Jun/2007

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