Digital images show finished riverside hub
NEW images have been released to show how a multi-million-pound development in Durham City will look.
Work is progressing on the Milburngate development on Durham’s riverside, with the first phase of the project under way.
Taking place over the next 18 months, the first phase will include the creation of a boutique cinema, a 92-bed Premier Inn Hotel and bars and restaurants.
The structural steel for the Premier Inn Hotel is under way, along with the construction of the Everyman Cinema screens building and adjacent restaurant units.
Further foundations for parts of phase one are also being laid.
Matt Leigh, who manages the marketing for Milburngate on behalf of the Arlington/Richardson joint venture, said: “As the development continues to take shape on site, we were keen to bring Milburngate to life with new computergenerated imagery that really showcases what a great addition to the city it’s going to be.
“It gives a real flavour of what the general public and our occupiers can look forward to when phase one is completed in 2021.”
Matt Tranter, founder and artist of Pillar Visuals, said: “It was a real pleasure collaborating with the Milburngate team to create these new images for the scheme.
“Projects like this, where the new architectural intervention sensitively compliments the historic and natural context, really speak to us as a studio.
“Being from the North East originally, getting the opportunity to work on projects close to home is always really special too.”
During the coronavirus lockdown, the development’s main contractor, Tolent, has implemented enhanced site operating procedures that include the reduction of the number of people on site and the staggering of shifts and break times.
Allan Cook, managing director of Arlington Real Estate, part of the Arlington/ Richardson joint venture developing Milburngate, said: “This is a unique and challenging time and we are working closely with Tolent to consistently review and evolve safety procedures, ensuring the safety of everyone on site as we follow Government guidelines to continue the construction of Milburngate.”
Andy McLeod, chief executive of Tolent, said: “The safety of our staff is paramount and by administering rigorous social distancing and health and safety protocols, we are able to safely continue work in some areas of the site.”
The development will include 53,701 square feet of grade-A office space within One Milburngate, which is expected to create up to 400 jobs in the city,
There will also be 153 built-to-rent apartments.