Titanic, Made in Belfast Building the Future… Harland & Wolff Shipyard with Titanic on the Slipway 1911
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A 21ST CENTURY ICON Belfast, Northern Ireland Titanic, Made in Belfast Building the future… Harland & Wolff Shipyard with Titanic on the Slipway 1911 from the past Heritage photograph supplied by The Ulster Folk & Transport Museum Photographic Archive Titanic Quarter… One of Europe’s largest waterfront urban regeneration developments on the banks of Belfast’s river Lagan. The scheme is located at the intersection of technology, urban design and real estate development. Creating spaces and places, building 5 a community that will attract the new 2 generation of creative knowledge workers to 18 a dynamic “live/work/play environment” that 4 melts the old boundaries in space and time 11 17 between residential, enterprise, educational 10 12 and entertainment real estate. 6a 16 12 3 Titanic Quarter is pioneering the integration of advanced communication and media 9 technologies into the physical form and 15 14 fabric of a new 21st Century City experience. 7 6 13 The Titanic Quarter Open Access Optical 8 Fibre Network infrastructure will ubiquitously 1 pervade the enterprises, institutions, workplaces, leisure venues and residences that will make up this dynamic new location. Key to the Quarter EXISTING PHASE ONE (under construction/completed) PHASE TWO (outline planning granted) Titanic Quarter is transforming 75 ha/185 acres of former shipyard lands on the fringe 1. Odyssey arena and entertainment complex 6. Abercorn Quay, ARC Apartments and Hotels 6a. Abercorn Quay, ARC Apartments and Hotels of Belfast City Centre into a new focal point 2. Northern Ireland Science Park and historic 7. Abercorn Basin, marina, shops restaurants Thompson Dock and Pump House and cafés 10. Titanic Signature Project visitor attraction for Belfast. At its heart are the atmospheric 3. Historic Harland & Wolff HQ and 8. Gateway Office Complex (construction underway) places where Titanic was designed, built Drawing Offices (Phase 1 refurbishment 9. Belfast Metropolitan College Complex 11. Historic Titanic and Olympic Slipways and launched. completed) 13. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 12. Mixed use development 4. Painthall Film Studio 14. Financial Services Centre (planning lodged) Titanic Quarter… Building the future 5. Channel Commercial Park from the past ADDITIONAL PHASES 15, 16, 17 & 18. Mixed use development Interactive Mixed Use Phase II local retail/services and tourism/leisure Development Content Phase I (on site) The rationale for Titanic Quarter is a mixed (outline planning granted) uses. These are uniquely centred in a use development which is configured Residential 47505 sq m (475 units) 200000 sq m (2000 units) waterfront setting that was the birthplace to create a lively, sustainable and safe of RMS Titanic and will include an Workspace 15000 sq m 37000 sq m environment for residents, visitors and international Titanic visitor attraction. workers alike as part of a new 21st Century Leisure - 10000 sq m Spaces and Places City living experience. Hotel 6000 sq m (150 beds) 13000 sq m (300 beds) The layout is linked by a high quality public Sustainable Development and Heritage Tourism - 17800 sq m realm that is memorable, informative and The development takes as its starting Retail & Local Services 2360 sq m 5500 sq m legible. It honours the industrial past and point retention of the significant maritime Further Education 21600 sq m - will give the area a confident new identity as well as a robust sense of place and industrial heritage of the area. It is led Vehicle Parking 5220 sq m ( 1218 spaces) 15000 sq m (3500 spaces) by the development of three residential personality. neighbourhoods and a ‘village heart’ of TOTAL 97685 sq m 298300 sq m Where we once built ships we now build commerce and enterprise surrounded by Heritage & Public Realm 5.0 ha 11.6 ha communities. Phases I & II with the Titanic Signature Project at its heart 21st Century Connections Physical Links: Virtual Links: A Growing Community Road: Direct access to main trunk roads and Titanic Quarter is served with: Existing occupiers within Titanic Quarter Motorway network • Direct Tier 1 (highest level) Internet • Direct and diverse links to mainland UK, include a range of indigenous and Public transport: served by City Metro bus connectivity provision with full resilience London and Global networks international companies: services. Ready access to provincial bus of routing and provider • Access to a Belfast to Dublin 10Gbs private, Autonomy Broadsoft and rail services. Focal point of new £150m • Next Generation Open Access (carrier diversely routed network, which enables Rapid Transit System Citigroup neutral) Titanic Quarter Network FTTX scaleable capacity on demand ECIT Research Institute & Centre for Secure Airports: George Best, Belfast City • Fibre-to-the-home infrastructure enabling • Access to Project Kelvin – Northern Ireland’s Information Technologies (Queen’s University, Belfast) Airport is within 10 minutes drive. Belfast all occupiers and businesses to have first direct fibre optic link to North America European Connected Health Campus International Airport is under half an concurrent access to multiple services/ offering higher security / lower latency Intelliden L&T Infotech hour away providers Microsoft Ferries: High speed and traditional ferries • Next Generation Open Access (carrier Northern Ireland Science Park to UK mainland located within Belfast neutral) mobile broadband Polaris Harbour directly opposite the site SQS TDK Europe & North America UK and Ireland Belfast, Northern Ireland Titanic Quarter Titanic Quarter Development Phases I & II Titanic Quarter Limited, T: +44 (0) 28 9076 6300 Titanic House, 2 Queen’s Road, F: +44 (0) 28 9045 5086 Queen’s Island, Belfast BT3 9DT, E: [email protected] Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland. W: www.titanicquarter.com.