Scheme Features
The developers maintain New Riverside will be built with high quality materials and improve connectivity in the town.
The reconfigured shopping centres will link with the town centre from the main shopping thoroughfare of Pride Hill through to Raven Meadows multi-storey car park, the riverside and Frankwell, Roushill Bank with access to Mardol and to the bus station. New 'multi level streets' covered by a petal roof of the design seen at Bristol's Cabot Circus and Trinity Leeds will meet at a central public space and terrace down to the river at Smithfield Road.
The predominantly 5-storey development has been designed by architects Chapman Taylor as three distinct 'blocks':-
- Block One has a strong, vertical frame and largely houses the department store and restaurant terrace at roof level;
- Block Two is separated into a brick landmark building with restaurant occupancy stepping back towards Smithfield Road, an active office frontage facing Roushill and a rounded, semi-active neo-classical retail frontage facing Roushill Bank;
- Block Three fronts the rear of the Darwin centre, covering over a section of the service and car park access road of Raven Meadows.
Approximate proposed changes in gross floorspace for A1, A2 and A3 unit classes in each of the three existing shopping centres:
| Existing floorspace | After works | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pride Hill | 105,320 sq ft | 100,960 sq ft | -4,360 sq ft |
| Darwin | 249,630 sq ft | 243,860 sq ft | -5,770 sq ft |
| Riverside | 89,930 sq ft | 371,355 sq ft | +281,425 sq ft |
| - Department store | - | 99,565 sq ft | - |
| - Retail units | - | 271,790 sq ft | - |
| Total gross floorspace | 444,880 sq ft | 716,175 sq ft | +271,295 sq ft |
Read more about this topic: Castle Gate Shopping Centre (Shrewsbury)
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