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NEW HOUSING AND LEISURE DEVELOPMENTS FOR NORTH WALES RESORT M
ajor investments are currently taking place in the leisure offer along Rhyl’s waterfront including the new aqua park which is currently under construction, a Premier Inn which is about to open , major improvements to the resort’s Pavilion Theatre including a completely new food and beverage offer at its 1891 restaurant, and work is about to start on a brand new Marston’s pub and Travelodge hotel. Alongside this new leisure offer, the town is also experiencing a resurgence in its housing market. Following the loss of traditional customers to the guaranteed sunshine of the Mediterranean, many of the large Victorian guest houses in the streets behind the seafront had been converted into small flats.
The part of the town in which they were located had increasingly become one in which people were forced to live as a consequence of their circumstances rather than through choice. Denbighshire County Council wanted to reverse this trend and achieving this aim has involved a massive programme of property acquisition, the resettlement of residents, the demolition of properties which were incapable of
FACTORY UPGRADE
materials safely without disrupting manufacturing on the site has been completed ahead of schedule. Leading contractor Morris Property carried out the work at Carpenter & Paterson Ltd in Welshpool in 18 weeks to provide an improved building that was well insulated, leak-free and more economical to run. Morris’ specialist team replaced an
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asbestos cement roof and gutter with a new insulated roof and gutter and replaced external asbestos cladding with new insulated metal cladding. New roller shuttered doors and standard size doors were also installed.
The scheme at the Crown Works in
Welshpool involved sealing off areas as work progressed and planning operations to allow manufacturing of pipe suspension equipment and fabricated steelwork to carry on as normal.
Ian Carswell, contracts manager at
Shrewsbury-based Morris Property said: “It was a significant contract which we completed two weeks earlier than planned thanks to good weather and being flexible on our programme of works.”
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MONTHLY 2017
challenging project to upgrade a Powys factory and remove asbestos
being modernised, the creation of a new urban park and the development of new homes offering a choice of different tenures and high levels of energy efficiency.
Over the last 12 months, the first new homes to be built in the area for owner occupiers in more than a century sold out within a week of coming on the market demonstrating this new confidence in the town’s housing market.
But the work is not finished - the
COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR CLUSTER TO GO AHEAD IN WALES T
he landmark agreement – between Cardiff Capital Region (CCR), IQE plc,
and the Welsh and UK governments – guarantees construction of a specialist facility in Newport, which will serve as a state-of-the-art anchor for high-end compound semiconductor production. The Newport facility will be wholly owned by the ten councils that comprise the CCR Regional Cabinet, with the space itself leased to IQE plc for compound semiconductor manufacturing and applications development. The hope is that this facility will help to establish Newport as home to the world’s first Compound Semiconductor Cluster.
For those unaware, compound semiconductors support a myriad of emerging technologies, be it 5G smartphones, autonomous vehicles or the Internet of Things. They are far more complex than their silicon counterparts, boasting higher operating speeds and reduced power consumption. There are wider implications for the regional economy as well. The so-called Compound Semiconductor Cluster brings with it a raft of potential benefits in the shape of: • £375M of private sector investment.
• Creation of up to 2,000 highly skilled jobs.
• Return of investment for use on other regional schemes.
• Generation of hundreds more jobs throughout the wider supply chain. Alun Cairns, Secretary of State for
Wales, said: “Compound semiconductors are at the heart of many devices we use today, from smart phones to tablets and satellite communication systems. It is an area of UK strength and today’s confirmation of the development of a cluster of excellence in Wales reinforces our own strong position in the growth of this important and growing technology. “Of course, government does not create innovation, but it can be a catalyst to getting the scientists and engineers, the designers and the entrepreneurs together to make it happen.”
Dr Drew Nelson, Chief Executive Officer
of IQE plc, added: “The initiative is a shining example of what can be achieved through collaboration. The Welsh and UK governments, along with the ten councils that form the Cardiff Capital Region, have worked closely with academic institutes and industry to build an innovation infrastructure.
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Council is currently in the process of assembling seafront sites for what will be highly desirable residential developments with far reaching views across the resort’s golden beaches towards Snowdonia build on the success achieved to date. Visit us online at
www.denbighshire.gov.uk
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