{"id":59121,"date":"2019-06-28T08:36:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T07:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=59121"},"modified":"2019-06-28T08:36:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T07:36:19","slug":"midas-kings-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/midas-kings-walk\/59121\/","title":{"rendered":"Midas begins redevelopment of Gloucester city centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-59122 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Midas-begins-redevelopment-of-Gloucester-city-centre.jpg\" alt=\"King's Walk, Midas construction,\" width=\"600\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Midas-begins-redevelopment-of-Gloucester-city-centre.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Midas-begins-redevelopment-of-Gloucester-city-centre-300x143.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.midasgroup.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Midas Construction<\/a> has begun pre-construction works on the King&#8217;s\u00a0Walk shopping centre as part of the transformation of Gloucester city centre<\/h2>\n<p>When complete, the 10-phase, \u00a37m King\u2019s Walk shopping centre scheme will see the retail hub completely refurbished with the creation of new shops, toilets and a revamped car park.<\/p>\n<p>Midas Construction has begun pre-construction works on site and is due to complete the first phase of the project in autumn 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The project is linked to ambitious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/regeneration-infrastructure-2019\/53274\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regeneration plans<\/a> for the wider King\u2019s Quarter area, which include a multi-million pound vision for a new hotel as well as residential, retail and office space. It is being driven forward by Gloucester City Council as its priority regeneration project.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Quinn, executive director at Midas Construction, said:\u00a0\u201cKing\u2019s Walk is one of the main gateways into the city, so it is key to the area\u2019s future economic prosperity to be developing vibrant new spaces for businesses, visitors and the local community to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough this project, we are pleased to be supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gloucester.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gloucester City Council<\/a> and Reef Group in their bold approach to transforming the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Paul James, leader of Gloucester City Council, said:\u00a0\u201cThis is one of the first steps in regenerating the overall Kings Quarter area of the city centre which, together with major improvements planned for Kings Square, will bring huge economic benefits and investment opportunities to Gloucester.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to seeing the improvements at King\u2019s Walk and creating an exciting and modern place for people to shop, eat, work and visit.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Midas Construction has begun pre-construction works on the king&#8217;s\u00a0Walk shopping centre as part of the transformation of Gloucester city centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[676,997,669],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59121","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-development","9":"tag-regeneration"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Midas begins redevelopment of Gloucester city centre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Midas Construction has begun pre-construction works on the king&#039;s\u00a0Walk shopping centre as part of the transformation of Gloucester city centre\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/midas-kings-walk\/59121\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Midas begins redevelopment of Gloucester city centre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Midas Construction has begun pre-construction works on the king&#039;s\u00a0Walk shopping centre as part of the transformation of Gloucester city centre\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/midas-kings-walk\/59121\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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