{"id":59413,"date":"2019-07-03T14:31:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T13:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=59413"},"modified":"2019-07-03T14:31:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T13:31:36","slug":"commercial-hub-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/commercial-hub-cardiff\/59413\/","title":{"rendered":"New commercial hub for Cardiff city centre revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The historic Howells building on St Mary Street is set to become a state-of-the-art leisure and entertainment destination and commercial hub for the benefit of residents and visitors in Cardiff<\/h2>\n<p>The 1.7-acre\u00a0commercial hub in the centre of Cardiff is to be transformed into a new mixed-use development, plans have revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Project managing the programme from inception through to final delivery is international construction and property consultancy, <a href=\"https:\/\/gb.gleeds.com\/\">Gleeds<\/a> who will also cost manage the scheme. The prominent site is being developed by <a href=\"http:\/\/naissancecapital.co.uk\/\">Naissance Capital Real Estate<\/a>, who acquired it in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Williams, director at Gleeds, said: \u201cAs shopping patterns evolve, we\u2019re seeing a significant shift in how communities across the UK are living and working, and what they need from their local city centres.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The redevelopment of the Howells building from a department store to a mixed-use destination will create a focal point for leisure, entertainment, work and shopping, drawing both residents and visitors to Cardiff and increasing footfall for existing businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Current tenant House of Fraser will continue to feature in the complex, joined by a range of leisure, food and beverage, and entertainment spaces. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/generation-office-design\/58339\/\">Offices and residential units<\/a> will also be incorporated. Phase 1 of the remodelling works is due to commence this week to inform the ongoing commercial hub development.<\/p>\n<p>Azeemeh Zaheer, CEO of Naissance Capital Real Estate, said: \u201cWe\u2019re excited to be embarking on this journey to create a city within the city of Cardiff, which will create jobs, draw visitors and celebrate the history of the Howells building, maximising its potential.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our plan is to develop a mixed-use scheme that enhances the cityscape, draws visitors to Cardiff and provides a current destination for residents to work and play in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The historic Howells building on St Mary Street is set to become a state-of-the-art leisure and entertainment destination and commercial hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"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":[676,997,952,669],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59413","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-development","9":"tag-planning","10":"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>New commercial hub for Cardiff city centre revealed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The historic Howells building on St Mary Street is set to become a state-of-the-art leisure and entertainment destination and commercial hub\" \/>\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\/commercial-hub-cardiff\/59413\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New commercial hub for Cardiff city centre revealed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The historic Howells building on St Mary Street is set to become a state-of-the-art leisure and entertainment destination and commercial hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/commercial-hub-cardiff\/59413\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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