Southgate Bath Phase 1 Opens
The 4th November saw the opening of Phase 1 of the Southgate, Bath redevelopment in a low key event which was nonetheless eagerly anticipated by the people of Bath, the client and design team together with the real estate market generally.
Chapman Taylor worked for 15 years on the project that has transformed what was a rather squalid area of this World Heritage Site city by the intervention of a simple yet well thought out extension to the grain of Bath through a series of new public streets and spaces to complete the city centre.
The scheme was designed with respect to the city’s Georgian architecture and contains a mix of uses anchored by retail, including a residential element with 92 flats and a provision for a health club. The masterplan revitalised and strengthening the link to the railway station and provides the basis of a properly integrated transport interchange via adjacent new bus station.
The project will be completed in summer 2010.