FutureDev_307618.qxd 20/6/082:14pmPage79 Abercorn Basin, Quarter in ageneration. thing tohit will bethebiggest The TitanicQuarter Titanic Quarter educational facilities, buildinga localised retail, healthcare and parks, streets andgardens with The aimistocreate apatternof across four continents. waterfront regeneration projects planned anddesignedmajor whose practice CivicArt hasmaster spirit islead architect EricKuhne, Helping recreate that‘Titanic’ knowledge economy sectors. residential, leisure, office and investment opportunitiesinthe withinternational creating anew urbanhubfor development ofTitanicQuarter; on aglobal scale isdrivingthe enthusiasm toachieve success Today thatsamespiritof Titanic Spirit engineering projects ever undertaken. innovative andcomplicated and launched–someofthemost Canberra were designed,built such astheTitanic,Olympic and shipbuilding landwhere vessels the siteiscentred onformer and Belfast HarbourCommissioners, Co-promoted byTitanicQuarterLtd redevelopments. Europe’s largest urbanwaterfront mile ofwaterfrontage, is oneof Titanic Quarter,withitsonelinear distance ofBelfast CityCentre, as Queen’s Islandwithinwalking Located ona185-acre siteknown opportunity ofthescale orqualityofTitanicQuarter. Few citiesare asfortunate asBelfast topossess adevelopment be proud of.” very significantthateverybody can an opportunitytocreate something Northern Ireland andwe view itas generation. Itissymbolicofthenew thing tohitNorthernIreland ina Titanic Quarterwillbethebiggest “Belfast isaspecialplace andthe fresh start for thecity: regeneration schemerepresents a Executive ofTitanicQuarterLtd,the According toMike Smith,Chief – anew focal pointfor Belfast. social interaction andshared values community centred ongenuine 450,000sqftofleisure • 1.4msqftcommercial space. • 2msqftofbusiness, office, • Upto5,000apartments • including: space for over 35,000people, create commercial andresidential 15 years. Theambitionisto opportunity thatwillevolve over once-in-a-generation development Titanic Quarterisamultibillion, Titanic Proportions and health&fitness clubs. restaurants, hotels,cafés,bars development including City Centre. space tocomplement Belfast Research andDevelopment floor ≥

79 future developments FutureDev_307618.qxd 20/6/082:14pmPage80 future 80 developments to relocate itsnew campusplus Belfast Metropolitan College decided apartments topenthouses. homes ranging from one-bedroom Basin comprising 475apartment development is‘TheArc’ atAbercorn The first phaseofresidential commercial development. Office, thescheme’s first with the150,000sqftGateway apartments isbeingbuilt,along space andtheinitialbatchof has beenrealigned tomaximise already underway. Queen’s Road Phase Oneofthedevelopment is Phase One dedicatedcruiselinerberth A • Campusstyle educational • The24-acre NorthernIreland • ≥ The PublicRecords Office ofNorthenIreland, anew£30milliondevelopment Titanic Quartercontinued... European portofcall. reputation asamajornorthern to supportBelfast’s growing has already begun. Belfast Metropolitan College, 16,000 student campus, facilities –work onanew as Microsoft andGEHealthcare. already attracted investors such Science Park project thathas the Gateway building. to anew £30m development beside Northern Ireland (PRONI)willmove and thePublicRecords Office of to anew bespoke facility by2010 18,000 fullandpart-timestudents public realm space. residential, office, leisure and Project, aswell asadditional a landmarkTitanicSignature Belfast. PhaseTwo willincorporate of new floor-space inthecentre of approximately three millionsqft Planning Service andwillprovide with bytheNorthernIreland the largest applicationever dealt of TitanicQuarter. Thescheme is had beengranted for PhaseTwo that outlineplanningpermission Minister announced inOctober2007 Northern Ireland’s Environment Phase Two and thebuildingindustry boost for theeconomy It isamajorconfidence of NorthernIreland.” economic benefitstothewhole which willprovide long term economy andthebuildingindustry major confidence boost for the development oftheCity. Itisa represents afurtherstep inthe the TitanicandOlympic slipways, site, includingtherestoration of “The development ofthis16.5acre Foster said: Environment Minister Arlene exhibition andBelfast’s first zoo. complete withaCrystal Palace pleasure park,apublicspace shipyards thearea wasBelfast’s Island. Before thearrival ofthe concept notunfamiliar toQueen’s focal pointfor leisure activities–a international tourist attraction and The project willbeamajor of theTitanicslipway. Signature buildingatthehead construct alandmarkTitanic pursuing amajorproject to Trade andInvestment (DETI)are and theDepartmentofEnterprise, Belfast HarbourCommissioners maritime past, TitanicQuarterLtd, To harness Belfast’s prideinits Maritime Heritage FutureDev_307618.qxd 20/6/082:14pmPage81 revolution. TitanicQuarterhasthe successful citiesoftheindustrial works make itoneofthemost Belfast’s shipyards andengineering their waytoBelfast. crews whohave beenmaking by theincreasing numberoffilm least asaproduction toolused has numerous applications–not whilst onthemove. Thesystem Internet orstream pictures live enables users toaccess the wireless broadband system that ‘i-burst’, arevolutionary portable, part oftheUKorIreland toadopt Titanic Quarterisalsothefirst infrastructures inEurope. sophisticated telecommunication Quarter offers one ofthemost around theInternetandTitanic communication islargely based In theknowledge-economy, Speed ofLight world’s most famous vessel. to discover thehistory behindthe new generation ofvisitors keen Belfast’s citizensandattract a help return Queen’s Island to The TitanicSignature project will & Wolff shipyard. paint hallonce usedbytheHarland Titanic Quarterinthecavernous Much oftheshootwasbasedin Northern Ireland. Jeanne Duprau) entirely within fantasy ‘CityofEmber’(writtenby Media filmedthe$50mchildren’s company PlaytoneandWalden In 2006Tom Hanks’ production who filmed‘Closing theRing’. and Lord Richard Attenborough the northernendofTitanicQuarter Words’, onanoilrigmoored off who shot‘TheSecret Life of Shawshank Redemptionfame including TimRobbinsof names have madethejourney In thelast few years several big for film-makers. growing popularityasadestination of economic resurgence isthecity’s adding toBelfast’s general sense As mentioned,onenew industry At theMovies Knowledge Revolution. Belfast isjust assuccessful inthe potential tohelpmake sure that Phase Two ofTitanic Quarter, theimpressive Titanic Tel. 02890766300 Web. www.titanicquarter.com of commercial excellence. reputation asaworldwide centre new jobs,restoring QueensIsland’s a new urbanspace andupto20,000 economy, theambitionistocreate investors. Inthe21st Century entrepreneurs andoverseas hub, ahomefor bothindigenous Belfast asamodernmetropolitan Titanic Quarterishelpingtorecast to take adifferent form. things Titanicmayjust beabout Hollywood’s fascination withall Government, itmaybethat promised bytheNorthernIreland years anda$24mfundinginjection Northern Ireland inthelast four television projects coming to With almost 20majorfilmand shooting onlocation. more flexibility andaccess when producers anddirectors much live whist onthemove, giving the internetorstream pictures i-burst enables users toaccess system tested atTitanicQuarter, the ‘i-burst’ wireless broadband All oftheabove filmshave utilized Slipways andTitanic Signature Project

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