Sainsbury’s has submitted proposals to regenerate Bath Western Riverside East with a development that could create around 1,000 jobs and includes a new foodstore, creative employment and office workspace, around 280 apartments and townhouses, and a revitalised river frontage. The supermarket group says the plans will bring a wide range of economic and social...
Law firm Withy King has renewed its commitment to Bath city centre by signing a new lease on its office in Northumberland Buildings. The office is home to the firm’s private client practice, including wills, tax planning, estate management, residential property and family services. Lease negotiations were led by Philip Marshall, commercial partner and...
Two prominent retail units in Chippenham town centre are being marketed by property consultants Alder King. The properties at 7 and 8 New Road provide mid-terrace ground floor accommodation in a busy central location and are available to let on new leases. Unit 8, occupied by Bridge Brasserie, has a 474 sq ft (44...
Property and construction professionals in the Bath area are being urged to follow in the footsteps of the teams behind the city’s Dyson Centre for Neo Natal Care and Batheaston Primary School who last year landed two of the South West’s leading building awards. The neo natal centre and school were category winners in...
The National Trust has relocated a team based at its Eastleigh Court base in Warminster to a new office near Bristol as it pursues plans to sell the 19th century listed building. The building, pictured right, will remain the home for the Trust's South West Wiltshire Hub in the short term while a permanent...
Housebuilding and construction group Galliford Try has won a £16.3m contract to build the 5-star Gainsborough Hotel in Bath by Malaysian group YTL Hotels. The project will involve redeveloping the Grade-II listed Gainsborough Building in the city centre and two other buildings into a 99 bedroom hotel with a health spa and conference facilities....
Shepton Mallet-based Framptons Transport Services is to open a £5m, 85,000 sq ft distribution centre on the town’s outskirts as part of its collaboration with pet food supplier Crown Pet Foods of Castle Cary. The project has already created 50 jobs since the summer, taking Frampton’s workforce to more than 200. Once it is...
Nash Partnership, the Bath-based architectural practice, is to sponsor this year’s Independent Bath Literature Festival as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations. The practice, which also has an office in Bristol, was started in 1988 by Edward Nash and has grown over a quarter of a century to become one of the most respected...
Bath Ales has officially opened its flagship Graze Bar, Brewery & Chophouse in the city’s new Vaults development. At more than 5,000 sq ft and with capacity to serve 140 diners at a time, it is the independent brewer’s largest outlet yet. Graze Bath is also the first time the brewer has included a...
Firms could move out of Chippenham – taking with them much-needed jobs – if the future of the town’s major redevelopment area remains uncertain, local businesses are warning. The Central Chippenham Partnership (CCP), the consortium seeking to redevelop the high-profile 54-acre site, which includes the industrial area of Langley Park and the Hathaway Retail...
