The site occupies a high profile location and excellent vehicular passing traffic of 14,000 vehicles per day. The site will provide an important link between the railway station and the waterfront. Adjacent to the commercial scheme will be 130 new houses with communal garden areas fronting the riverbank.
Location
The site is situated between Bridge Street and Princes Street along the north bank of the River Orwell, with frontage to Grafton Way. The railway station is a few minutes’ walk away providing an Intercity rail service to London Liverpool Street. Close by is the thriving Ipswich waterfront with a number of residential apartments, hotel, restaurants, offices and University of Suffolk campus.
Opposite the site is the Cardinal Park Cineworld cinema and restaurant complex where tenants include Harvester, Nandos, Frankie & Benny’s, McDonald’s drive thru, Ask, Punch & Judy, Flux trampoline centres and KFC drive thru restaurants.
Accommodation
• Six small/medium sized restaurant units with opportunities for outdoor seating - 87 sq m to 557 sq m
• 60 bed hotel above the restaurant units - 2,651 sq m
• Gym - 1,928 sq m
• 80 apartment block organised around a central core maximising river views
Terms
The units will be available on new full repairing and insuring lease terms, rent on application.
Specification
The units will be completed to shell specification ready for tenants’ fit out.