Landscape & Urban Design Issue 15 2015 | Page 37

Regeneration Project: Dundee Waterfront (GDV £1018m) 1.Facts about the development project GDV Total Site Area Development Type Commencement Date Completion Date £1018m 1240 Hectares (593.05 Acres) Commercial, Industrial, Leisure, Residential, Retail Q4 2013/14 Q2 2024/25 Planning Status Incentives Project Status Development Stage Region Location Jobs Created Promoters Detailed Local Government, Cenrral Government Seeking Investment Construction Scotland Dundee, Dundee City 500 Temporary Dundee City Jobs, 9000 Council Permanent Jobs 2.Opportunity for investors 3.Detail The Dundee Waterfront scheme is a long-term and The Dundee Waterfront scheme spans Central Waterfront: Leisure, commercial ambitious £1bn project and the 3rd most active in the 240 hectares over an eight kilometre and residential. Developments to date UK aimed at creating a new central business district in stretch of the waterfront. It is split into include a five star Malmaison Hotel and Dundee that will reconnect the existing city centre with five zones: V&A. Riverside: Leisure, transport and City Quay: leisure, residential and marina. residential. Development to date Developments to date include residential includes a nature park, H&H properties unit and two 50,000sq ft speculative and residential. commercial developments. Seabraes: Lesure, commercial and The Port: offers an opportunity for off residential including a creative industry shore renewables. Planning permission hub. Developments to date include the in principle for the development of the Scottish enterprise District 10. site for mixed energy facility. the waterfront. A substantial amount of public funding has been invested by Scottish Enterprise, Dundee City Council to unlock this project. Regeneration Investment Organisation Email: [email protected] Landscape & Urban Design Issue 15 37