{"id":2876,"date":"2014-06-09T09:05:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T09:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/?p=2876"},"modified":"2016-06-01T15:31:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T15:31:16","slug":"bakery-belfast-wins-rics-award-best-commercial-property-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/bakery-belfast-wins-rics-award-best-commercial-property-development\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bakery, Belfast wins the RICS award for the best commercial property development."},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-3-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;padding-3-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;2872&#8243; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; animation=&#8221;Fade In&#8221;][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h5>The Bakery, Belfast wins the RICS award for the best commercial property development.<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221;][divider line_type=&#8221;Full Width Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;2&#8243;][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221;][vc_column_text]The Bakery is a 19th Century landmark Victorian 6-storey building sensitively converted to 156 prestige apartments with ground floor car parking and retail units below. Existing facades and features were retained and restored, including the famous wrought iron clock. Integration of the former bakery buildings and new build insertions was undertaken respectfully, with the design utilising as much of the existing structure as possible to retain the character and integrity of the building.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h3>The judges said<\/h3>\n<p><em>This mixed use refurbishment scheme in the inner suburbs of South Belfast has breathed new life into the landmark premises of the former Ormeau Bakery and has retained most of the external facade. Despite being completed after the recent property crash, all of the upper floor apartments have been sold and the commercial units are substantially let, and it is a rare example of a successful commercial development in this age of relative austerity.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Owner:<\/strong> Kilmaine Properties Ltd<br \/>\n<strong>Surveyor:<\/strong> Mulcahy McDonagh &amp; Partners Ltd<br \/>\n<strong>Architect:<\/strong> RPP Architects Ltd<br \/>\n<strong>Developer\/contractor:<\/strong> Kilmaine Properties &amp; Graham Construction[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221;][vc_column_text]<a class=\"nectar-button n-sc-button medium see-through\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/portfolio\/the-ormeau-bakery\/\" data-color-override=\"#444444\" data-hover-color-override=\"false\" data-hover-text-color-override=\"#fff\"><span>View Project Page<\/span><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;padding-3-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;2875&#8243; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; animation=&#8221;Fade In&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-3-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;padding-3-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;2872&#8243; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; animation=&#8221;Fade In&#8221;][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221;][vc_column_text] The Bakery, Belfast wins the RICS award&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-awards"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2876"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3711,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876\/revisions\/3711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}