£56m Steelworks Warrington complex completes
The construction of the 359-home apartment complex off John Street represents the latest stage in Warrington town centre’s £190m regeneration.
Applicants Triangle Architects designed the project on behalf of developer Edmond de Rothschild.
The development sits on a 2.3-acre site directly north of Warrington central train station.
The residential block, a seven-storey development with 359 homes, will also include 6,400 sq ft of commercial space on the site’s west side off Winwick Street.
Homes provided will be predominantly single-beds, but a mix of one- and two-bed flats will be on the market for the private rental sector.
There are 203 single-bed flats and 156 two-bed apartments.
On the east end of the site, a multi-storey car park is in the pipeline and would provide parking for just under 800 cars.
A large parking provision was decided to ease pressure on nearby parking facilities when the nearby Halliwell Jones Stadium hosts events.
Changes were made to the original application to reduce the number of residential units to enable the construction of a resident-only gym and lounge.
The development is arranged around two courtyards which divided the phases of development during its construction.
The scheme has more than 25,000 sq ft of external areas for use including a roof garden covering 3,200 sq ft.
Completion of this site is another step towards the complete regeneration of Warrington town centre, with neighbouring projects such as Wireworks also passing through the application process.
Many of the sites being redeveloped here are brownfield and are a linchpin of Warrington’s planned 90-acre, £190m regeneration project.
Dhananjai, chief investment officer at Edmond de Rothschild, said: “The two assets deliver high-quality residential stock in our preferred regeneration areas across the UK at rents that are affordable locally.
“The Steelworks is viewed as a pillar in the redevelopment of Station Quarter in Warrington.”
He added: “A combination of location and provision of amenities fit for the local market has already resulted in very strong demand, a testimony to our strategy of delivering new build high-quality rental accommodation in regional markets offering a yield advantage.”
The project team included TEP Landscape Architects, Lichfields, JPM Acoustics, Hilson Moran, and SK Transport.
KLCC completed the project as the construction manager.
To view the original application for The Steelworks, use the reference number 2017/31394 in Warrington Council’s planning portal.
Essential to our national security to have a supply of steel.
By Anonymous
The car park hasn’t been built
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That is a seriously poor scheme – there are ways to make entry level buildings look decent – this is not one of them.
By Heritage Action
Glad that this site has finally been completed. Hope to see its neighbour across Winwick Street soon, too. But if they are providing around 300 more parking spaces than bedrooms, will the car park be available for use by stadium match traffic too? Is a transpennine train station, taxi rank and large bus station on its doorstep not sufficient to reduce car ownership?
By Wolfie
thankfully complete three PC’s go bust on the scheme, regeneration has already started to meet the master plan of vacant land surrounding central station
By Anonymous
Excellent stuff
By Balcony Warrior
This is grim in appearance, but better than nothing
By Paul Dewhurst
@Excellent stuff
October 15, 2024 at 10:57 am
By Balcony Warrior
No it isn’t.
By Rye
@rye
yes it is
By Balcony Warrior
@ October 16, 2024 at 11:10 am
By Balcony Warrior
It’s a very architecturally banal scheme, for one. Beauty matters. Why not have a practice like Tim Groom Architects or Ollier Smurthwaite Architects designing this?
By Rye