A development by WELCOME TO FRIARS WALK AN EXCITING RETAIL DEVELOPMENT AT THE HEART OF THE FRIARS WALK NEWPORT Queensberry Real Estate has been selected by Newport’s location at the mouth of the Newport City Council to deliver a new modern river Usk has attracted visitors for centuries. REGENERATION shopping centre in the heart of Newport City The City’s history dates back to a Celtic Centre. Friars Walk will offer over 390,000 sq settlement 2000 years ago. ft (36,230 sqm) of retail and leisure space Having successfully hosted the Ryder Cup OF NEWPORT which includes a full offer department store, in 2010 and with an ambitious vision that a multiplex cinema, a wide range of shops and could lead to up to £2 billion of public/private restaurants, all supported by a new modern investment in the City, Newport’s regeneration car park and bus station. is going from strength to strength. At the heart of the City’s rejuvenation is NEWPORT IS A VIBRANT CITY WHICH IS Newport’s 2020 Vision: a masterplan of UNDERGOING MASSIVE REGENERATION citywide regeneration schemes and projects. WHILST ALSO RETAINING IT’S HISTORIC This ambitious programme aims to reinforce BUILDINGS AND CHARACTER. the City as an economic engine for South East Wales, realising its national and international A CITY OF 140,000 PEOPLE WHICH IS potential and delivering a prosperous, vibrant, PLANNED TO GROW BY A FURTHER inclusive and forward-thinking City. 10,000 OVER THE NEXT DECADE. Remarkable in both scale and scope, A UNIVERSITY CITY AND A LABOUR Newport’s 2020 Vision includes a revitalised CATCHMENT OF 479,000 WITHIN A station district, an enhanced riverfront – home THIRTY MINUTE DRIVE. 1.6 MILLION to the theatre and arts centre and a new PEOPLE LIVE WITHIN AN HOUR’S DRIVE. £35 million university campus – a refreshed retail core, a wealth of hi-spec office spaces THE NEW £35M UNIVERSITY OF WALES and much more. CAMPUS, OPENED IN JANUARY 2011 OPPOSITE FRIARS WALK, BRINGS 3,000 STUDENTS IN TO THE HEART OF THE CITY CENTRE. NEWPORT IS WELL WITHIN THE TOP TEN OF 100 UK CITIES FOR ROBUST ECONOMIC GROWTH TO 2020 INVESTMENT / POTENTIAL EXPERIAN’S GLOBAL ECONOMIC FORECASTING REPORT INVESTMENT LOCATION Newport has an impressive track record of Excellent road, rail, sea, and air services. securing inward investments and reinvestment. A strategic location on the M4, with easy road World leaders in manufacturing, distribution/ and rail access to London, the South East of logistics, financial/business services and public England and the Midlands. There are six M4 sector operations are all located here. They motorway interchanges serving Newport. include Admiral, 118 24 7, GoCompare.com, Lloyds TSB, Panasonic, and the Office for LONDON IS ONLY 90 MINUTES National Statistics. AWAY BY TRAIN CARDIFF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS A 35 MINUTE DRIVE AWAY BRISTOL AIRPORT IS A 45 MINUTE DRIVE AWAY In Newport Unlimited the City has Wales’ THE RAIL STATION HAS HAD A first and only Urban Regeneration Company, £20 MILLION FACELIFT AND CREATES with a remit to deliver and implement a major A NEW GATEWAY INTO NEWPORT, redevelopment strategy for the City. IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN ACCESS BETWEEN THE STATION AND THE CITY CENTRE. THE NEW £35M UNIVERSITY OF WALES CAMPUS Gloucester MerMeerther TTyydfd il Pontypool M5M5 CirencesC ter NeNewwporport M4M48 M4 M4 M5M5 M4 THE RYDER CUP HAD A NEW £35 MILLION UNIVERSITY OF WALES CAMPUS, THE CITY IS UNDERGOING LONDON IS JUST 90 MINUTES M4 Cardifardiff M3M322 £28 MILLION ECONOMIC OPENED IN JANUARY 2011 OPPOSITE FRIARS A MAJOR TRANSFORMATION BY TRAIN AND 120 MINUTES Bristolol IMPACT ON NEWPORT WALK, BRINGS 3,000 STUDENTS IN TO THE HEART THROUGH A £2 BILLION BY CAR OF THE CITY CENTRE INVESTMENT PROGRAMME NEWPORT CITY FOOTBRIDGE NEW £20M RAILWAY STATION M5M5 BaBathth DESTINATION THE 493 SEAT Newport offers an excellent quality of life, on the doorstep of the some of the most beautiful RIVERFRONT THEATRE parts of the country such as the Vale of Usk, AND ARTS CENTRE ATTRACTION the Wye Valley, the Heritage Coast and the WHICH OPENED IN 2004 Brecon Beacons National Park. IS DIRECTLY OPPOSITE The area has a wealth of heritage attractions FRIARS WALK including Roman Caerleon – amphitheatre, baths, barracks and National Roman Legion DESTINATION Museum, Tredegar House, Newport Transporter Bridge, Tintern Abbey and Chepstow Castle LOCATION to name just a few. SPORT The city has excellent sports facilities and can rightly claim to be the golf capital of Wales with over 30 golf courses in the area including the 2010 Ryder Cup course at Celtic Manor. Along with the Newport Gwent Dragons and their soon to be refurbished home at Rodney Parade, the City boasts a world-class Velodrome, competition swimming pool and facilities for football, cricket, tennis and more at Newport International Sports Village. FRIARS WALK Due to open in Spring 2015 Friars Walk has been re-modelled to provide 390,000 sq ft of modern retail and leisure accommodation which will include: / A full offer department store / 5 major store units / A multiplex cinema / A new restaurant quarter of 7 family restaurants / A convenience food store / A 400 space car park / A new bus station Friars walk is located in the heart of the city centre with access from Commercial Street via Austin Friars, Friars Street, and LLanarth Street and opposite the John Frost Square entrance to the Kingsway Centre. Shoppers will be able to use Friars Walk’s dedicated shopper car park where they will have the choice of entering the scheme at the Department Store end or directly in to the Restaurant Quarter. Friars Walk also benefits from being adjacent to a new 1000 space car park. 390,000 SQ FT OF MODERN RETAIL NEW CAR PARK RESTAURANT QUARTER OF 7 FAMILY AND LEISURE ACCOMMODATION AND BUS STATION RESTAURANTS TO SUIT A WIDE RANGE OF DINING CHOICES RESTAURANT QUARTER OF 7 FAMILY RESTAURANTS TO SUIT A THE GREAT WIDE RANGE OF DINING CHOICES ENTERTAINER FRIARS WALK WILL INCLUDE A MULTIPLEX CINEMA AND 7 FAMILY RESTAURANTS The new leisure offer will be opposite the Riverside Theatre and Arts Centre, the new University of Wales Campus, Newport Leisure Centre and the new link bridge to Rodney Parade (home of Newport Gwent Dragons). A cluster of 7 restaurants with outside seating will sit around Usk Plaza offering a wide variety of dining choices open day and evening. Cinema on upper level John Frost Square Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant USK Plaza Restaurant Restaurant Restaurants on Restaurant lower level – USK Plaza Restaurant FIRST FLOOR GROUND FLOOR (COMMERCIAL STREET LEVEL) GROUND FLOOR (USK PLAZA LEVEL) TIER PLAN TIER VICTORIA SQUARE EXPERIENCE AND (800,000 SQ FT/74,300 M2) This highly acclaimed retail mixed-use scheme encompasses 800,000 sq ft (74,300 m2) of new TRACK RECORD retail, leisure and living space in the centre of Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland. Queensberry Real Estate was The development site in the heart of Belfast founded by the core management covers 1.8 hectares. Victoria Square offers a unique mix, integrating retail, residential and team of Multi Development UK who leisure facilities with underground parking for were responsible for the delivery 1,000 cars. Over 35% of brand names secured of Victoria Square in Belfast and by Multi at Victoria Square were new names SouthGate in Bath. to Belfast including House of Fraser, Urban Outfitters, Cruise, All Saints, ODEON, H&M, Ted Baker, Reiss, Pull & Bear, Apple, Firetrap and Coast. Other key relocations included Topshop, Monsoon, and River Island. A new urban area for the City was created, with the new streets and buildings forming a harmonious whole with those already existing. A key element in the plan was creating two covered, multi-level streets linked to a massive glass dome measuring 35m in diameter and 45m in height. A public square, covered entirely by the glass dome, serves as the hub of the entire area. Restaurants, cafes and entertainment facilities as well as public squares open around the clock to create social dynamism, transforming Belfast into a thriving city. SOUTHGATE BATH (450,000 SQ FT/41,800 M2) SouthGate comprehensively rejuvenates the department store and other key retailers such SouthGate’s state of the art transport southern quarter of the City, and significantly as Boots, Topshop, Urban Outfitters, River interchange will provide an integrated public enhances Bath’s retail, leisure and residential Island, Apple, New Look, Cult, Republic and transport gateway and first port of call for the offer while underpinning its role as a regional Sainsbury’s, restaurants and homes, all served many shoppers and visitors to Bath. 165,000 retail centre, major tourist destination and by a modern public transport hub and set people live in Bath and the NE Somerset area, World Heritage Site. SouthGate creates a new within new streets and open spaces, including and Bath’s City centre attracts around 4.8 retail quarter in Bath, with a mix of quality a large central square. million tourists each year. high street shops including a Debenhams FOR LEASING ENQUIRIES Stuart Harris [email protected] 07808 479308 Nick Young [email protected] 020 7318 5072 www.newportunlimited.co.uk www.newport.gov.uk www. k4creative.com.