{"id":3727,"date":"2016-10-25T11:36:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T11:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/?p=3727"},"modified":"2016-10-25T12:10:33","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T12:10:33","slug":"harbour-announces-stage-three-city-quays-office-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/harbour-announces-stage-three-city-quays-office-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Harbour announces stage three of its City Quays office scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#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; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_row_inner text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][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;][vc_column_text]\n<h5>Harbour announces stage three of its City Quays office scheme<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221;][divider line_type=&#8221;Full Width Line&#8221; line_thickness=&#8221;1&#8243; divider_color=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;2&#8243;][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h3>A major \u00a330m office development in Belfast could break ground as early as next year after architects were appointed to design the scheme.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221;][vc_column_text]City Quays 3 is the latest stage in Belfast Harbour&#8217;s waterside renewal and will stand 17 storeys tall when completed. It will join the existing first office building and City Quays 2, which is currently being built and will include a hotel as well as a car park. Belfast company RPP Architects has been appointed to design City Quays. The \u00a330m waterfront development at City Quays 3 is one of the largest planned for Belfast and could accommodate up to 1,600 people.<\/p>\n<h3>Graeme Johnston, Belfast Harbour&#8217;s property director, said:<\/h3>\n<p><em>&#8220;City Quays 3 is aimed at providing much needed office accommodation for both growing indigenous businesses and new market entrants. Belfast&#8217;s attractiveness as a business location has been evidenced by the types of companies already located within the Harbour Estate and we will continue as part of this project to provide a best-in-class building within which they might choose to locate.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Outline planning permission for City Quays 3 was granted in 2014 as part of the wider \u00a3250m development. The harbour says it hopes to submit a planning application early next year, with a target completion date of mid-2019.<\/p>\n<h3>Harry McConnell from RPP Architects said:<\/h3>\n<p><em>&#8220;We have worked closely with Belfast Harbour on some of their recent developments and are excited to have been appointed to support bringing City Quays 3, as a landmark building, to the Belfast skyline.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;For 40 years we have been developing market leading construction projects and see City Quays as not only a boost for the construction industry, but the city as a whole.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A separate planning application is also in the works for a 900-space multi-storey car park required to support the City Quays development. City Quays 1 is already fully let and home to law firm Baker &amp; McKenzie, Cayan and Golf Now.<\/p>\n<h3>Graeme Johnston said:<\/h3>\n<p><em>&#8220;Demand for grade A city centre office space, which meets the highest standards, remains strong in Belfast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;City Quays 1 was fully let within a short period after completion and interest in City Quays 2 is exceptionally strong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve already held initial discussions in the market about City Quays 3 and sentiment is positive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By 2020 Belfast Harbour aims to have developed almost 600,000 sq ft within City Quays, having invested over \u00a3100m and regenerated the entire City Quays waterfront.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In June, City Quays was awarded a top prize at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Awards for the design and build of its first office development.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221;][vc_column_text]<a class=\"nectar-button n-sc-button medium see-through\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk\/business\/news\/harbour-announces-stage-three-of-its-city-quays-office-scheme-35151012.html\" data-color-override=\"#444444\" data-hover-color-override=\"false\" data-hover-text-color-override=\"#fff\"><span>View Belfast Telegraph 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;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/rJKuCdivDu4&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#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; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_row_inner text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][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;][vc_column_text] Harbour announces stage three of its City Quays office&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3727","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=3727"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3733,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3727\/revisions\/3733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpparchitects.co.uk\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}