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INTRODUCTION Bangor Marines plan for

A significant investment in a new Urban Waterfront design will make the everyday spaces that people move through, and linger within, as attractive and enjoyable as they can be, while remaining sensitive to, and respectful of, the city’s character and heritage. We will enhance this waterfront sympathetically, sustainably, beautifully and in ways it can be enjoyed by all people, of all ages. Queens Parade is a £50m private investment that will deliver: • A 67-bed hotel with spa/ swimming pool • 138 new homes (37 x 1 beds/ 98 x 2 beds/ 3 x 3 beds) • Over 6000m2 of office space • 1,858m2 of food and beverage/ retail opportunities • A destination/ cinema building • 1,208m2 indoor activity space • 255 space car park • Marine Gardens public realm and open space

development at Queens Parade is part of ambitious and exciting plans to redevelop Bangor seafront over the next 10 years and help re-establish Bangor as a thriving city and prime visitor attraction in Northern Ireland. This investment will transform Queen’s Parade and create a premier public waterfront space that embraces Bangor’s rich heritage and paves the way in securing its future. The proposed development seeks to transform the wider Queen’s Parade and marina area with the development of a hotel, retail, office, community, cultural and recreational space, in addition to eateries, a residential development as well as the creation of new public squares and courtyards.

BANGOR CITY HISTORY & FUTURE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT Bangor has been a thriving

and experiences) that, collectively make up a wonderful piece of jewellery, is the aspiration for Bangor.

resort and commuter town since the introduction of the rail links in the 19th Century and has a rich architectural heritage including high quality Victorian buildings overlooking the seafront. The character of Bangor Bay radically changed following the development of the waterfront as a high-quality marina area. While the marina development helped stimulate Bangor’s seafront, due to lack of supporting inward investment the vitality of Bangor town and linkages to the wider coastal waterfront has stagnated in recent years. It is also believed that the creation of the car park at Marine Gardens‘cut off’ the new promenade and Marina from the rest of the town and the waterfront. The vision is to turn Bangor into a ‘destination of choice’, both as a place to live, work, visit, study and invest. We will do this through a series of interconnected developments and experiences. These developments will be both connected via themes and narratives, as well as physically connect through good placemaking design, public realm, signage and well thought through transport solutions using state of the art digital and technology solutions. The analogy of a ‘necklace’ with a braid, (represented by the theme of the sea), holding together a series of ‘highly attractive gem stones or beads’, (represented by specific developments

Description automatically generated Ards and North Down Borough Council is progressing ambitious plans to redevelop a 2 mile stretch of the seafront over the next 10 years, to help re-establish Bangor as a thriving town and prime visitor attraction in Northern Ireland. The Bangor Waterfront Development is just one of a number of exciting tourism-led regeneration schemes that was eligible to receive funding from the Belfast Region City Deal. Ards and North Down Council has been awarded £40M for the 10-year development via a bespoke package of funding from the Department of Communities, with £20m secured from Council and an additional investment of £12.8m being sought from private investment.

VISION & BENEFITS Bangor Waterfront Vision Identity Framework Bangor: we can-not be satisfied with wanting to be considered as being one of the best of the best. We must strive to be the only ones at what we do because this is what will give us differentiation and make us both appealing and competitive in being a great place to live, work, visit, study and invest. The Bangor Waterfront Redevelopment locally known as ‘Ring of Pearls’ will seamlessly connect the waterfront to the rest of the City and in so doing provide a unique wide-range of opportunities for residents, visitors and businesses. Inspired by a wonderful environment of public spaces, creative events and activities with attractions that speak of local stories to a global audience. Travelling from Skippingstone in the west to Ballyholme in the east will become a real and unique voyage of discovery through interconnected developments and experiences built into a landscape of high quality public realm. This will engage and inspire people as they enjoy the 2 mile journey along the city’s striking coastline.

The programme will achieve significant outcomes for the city and the wider Borough, including an additional 489 jobs, increasing visitor numbers by 100,000 each year and increasing GVA by £110m, as well as providing environmental and health and wellbeing benefits. Other benefits will include: New commercial opportunities • Extension of the tourism season with more attractions suitable for wet/winter conditions • Sustainable development that will improve the environment and promote wellbeing for residents • Improved image and perceptions of Bangor • Opportunities for the wider Borough. Bangor is our largest town. The more visitors that chose to visit it, the more opportunities we have to invite and encourage them to explore further – along our coastline in particular.

BELFAST CITY REGIONAL DEAL The signing of the Belfast Region City Deal (BRCD) in December 2021 was a key

Other benefits will include: • New commercial opportunities

• Extension of the tourism season with more attractions suitable for wet/winter conditions • Sustainable development that will improve the environment and promote wellbeing for residents • Improved image and perceptions of Bangor. • The Bangor Waterfront Scheme – seamlessly connecting our waterfront to our town and creating unique opportunities for residents, visitors and businesses alike.

milestone for the Belfast region, securing substantial financial commitment from central government and BRCD partners. The UK Government and NI Executive have each committed £350 million and partners a further £150 million. The Deal represents a new way of working between central and local government and regional partners and secures a bespoke package of investment from central government and the BRCD partners to support the delivery of a shared vision of: “Inclusive economic growth that delivers more and better jobs, a positive impact on the most deprived communities and a balanced spread of benefits across the region”. The BRCD involves an integrated programme of investment that cuts across the responsibilities of local councils, the Northern Ireland Executive and UK Government. The BRCD partners comprises Belfast City Council, five partner councils (Ards and North Down being one), two universities and four of the region’s further education colleges. The programme will achieve significant outcomes for the city and the wider Ards and North Down Borough, including an additional 489 jobs, increasing visitor numbers by 100,000 each year and increasing GVA by £110 million, as well as providing environmental and health and wellbeing benefits.

MARINE GARDENS Bangor Waterfront is the redevelopment of a 2 mile stretch of coastline from Skippingstone beach to Ballyholme. It is being led by the Council and is due to receive circa £40M of funding from Belfast Region City Deal. The remaining investment will come from Council (£20M) and the private sector (£12M)

QUEENS PARADE REDEVELOPMENT Queen’s Parade is a £50M investment in a mixed-use

development by Bangor Marine – a joint venture between Farrans and Karl Group. It will regenerate the Queen’s Parade area of the town centre.

QUEENS PARADE - RESIDENTIAL Blocks 1,2,3,4 Apartment schedules Specification Elevations 3d images

Apt schedules Phasing plan Specification’s

Carparking Elevations Benefits –turnkey, high quality, sea views, balcony’s, private courtyards Parking Town Centre access 70000SQFT OFFICE SPACE 137 APARTMENTS

Square footages Views/balcony’s Communal area specification Green efficiency Car parking

QUEENS PARADE - COMMERCIAL

• Layout plan highlighting individual components • Plans • Elevation’s • Layouts • Unit by unit sq footage

• Main street retail • Connectivity from main street through Trinity Way into The market place • 4 star hotel and spa • Food and Beverage – 12,000 Sq.Ft • Retail – 50,000 Sq.Ft • Offices – 60,000 Sq.Ft • Cinema - 15,000 Sq.Ft • Kids Zone – 13,000 Sq.ft • CINEMA • MARKETPLACE & COURTYARD SQUARES

• Floor plans • Car parking

The Queens Parade Scheme will be delivered by Bangor Marine Ltd, a partnership between Karl Group and Farrans. Combining with world class organisations such as Todd Architects, planning consultants; Turley, Hemingway Design and landscape design specialists Park Hood it will see extensive improvements to the Queens Parade area of Bangor.

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