Demolition Approved at Trent Basin

A recent planning application has been approved for the demolition of all buildings on the ISIS waterside regeneration site.

The application suggests the buildings on the Trent Basin site are quickly falling into a state of disrepair and must be demolished. It proposes to completely disemble the buildings and then flatten out the land. Work is expected to begin in August and should be completed just before Christmas.

The application seems to confrim that a video produced by Ash Sakula architechts, which argued for the retention and remodeling of such buildings, was nothing more than a concept. Ash Sakula are thought to have been employed by ISIS to draw up new plans for the Trent Basin site.

A £400m plan for the site was approved in 2007 but was later cancelled when the recession hit.

The news will give Nottingham residents some comfort that ISIS are beginning to think again about the redevelopment of the site.

Trent Basin Buildings

Original Plans

Buildings to be Demolished

Indian Pharmaceutical Giant Eyes Nottingham

The un-named potential inward investor is looking at three locations in England which include Kent and Liverpool.

The company manufactures drugs and it is understood wants a UK base near to its potential markets.

The company and its advisers have made three trips to Nottingham to assess its qualities as a location.

The city is the home of healthcare retailer Boots and has strong pharmacy and chemistry departments at the University of Nottingham which recently announced that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) was giving £12m for new sustainable chemistry laboratories.

GSK takes more chemistry graduates from Nottingham University than any other higher education institution.

Invest in Nottingham, the city council's inward investment arm, said it had signed a confidentiality agreement and could not name the Indian business.

But a spokesman said; "The company, a large Indian stock exchange-listed business, has met both universities, Nottingham and Nottingham Trent.

"They are potentially interested in chemistry and pharmacy graduates.

"A presence in the UK would allow them to access the European market."

No figures have been suggested for the number of jobs that could be created.

Nottingham lawyer Paul Southby, who chairs the private sector-led Invest in Nottingham Club, was enthusiastic about the prospect.

He said: "A drug manufacturer would be an excellent fit within the Nottingham sector which would be a very supportive environment for such a company.

"The local environment for a drug company in Nottingham is very positive."

Source: Nottingham Evening Post

Progress at Jubilee Campus

A few images taken yesterday of the new buildings going up at the Jubilee Campus.

'Trinity House' Nears Completion

Trinity House, the new Eon complex is sweeping through the stages of construction.

Upon completion the multimillion pound building will be workplace of some 6600 people, a massive employment boost for Nottingham at a time when unemployment remains high.

Eon have claimed the complex will be the 'greenest' office building ever built in Nottingham.

River Crescent Owners in Trouble

Owners of the River Crescent, the location of Nottingham's first £1m apartment, have been forced into administration.

The River Crescent was the only scheme in Waterside regeneration zone which went beyond the drawing board. The £50m scheme included luxury apartments decorated by Paul Smith, indoor health facilities and even private moors. One of the apartments was let to ex-England manager Sven Goran Ericsson during his short and controversial spell at Notts County.

Plans for a second stage including a number of towers along the River Trent never materialised.