A 21ST CENTURY ICON - Titanic, Made in Belfast

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A 21ST CENTURY ICON - Titanic, Made in Belfast
A 21ST
CENTURY
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Belfast, Northern Ireland   Titanic, Made in Belfast
A 21ST CENTURY ICON - Titanic, Made in Belfast
Building the future…
A 21ST CENTURY ICON - Titanic, Made in Belfast
Harland & Wolff Shipyard with Titanic on the Slipway 1911

from the past

                Heritage photograph supplied by The Ulster Folk & Transport Museum Photographic Archive
A 21ST CENTURY ICON - Titanic, Made in Belfast
Titanic Quarter… One of Europe’s largest
waterfront urban regeneration
developments on the banks of Belfast’s
river Lagan. The scheme is located at the
intersection of technology, urban design
and real estate development.

Creating spaces and places, building
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a community that will attract the new
generation of creative knowledge workers to
a dynamic “live/work/play environment” that                                                                                                                    18
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melts the old boundaries in space and time                                                                         11                                  17
between residential, enterprise, educational                                                                  10         12
and entertainment real estate.                                              6a                                                       16
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Titanic Quarter is pioneering the integration
of advanced communication and media                                                                                 9
technologies into the physical form and                                                                                                15
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fabric of a new 21st Century City experience.                                         7             6
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The Titanic Quarter Open Access Optical                                                                       8
Fibre Network infrastructure will ubiquitously                             1
pervade the enterprises, institutions,
workplaces, leisure venues and residences
that will make up this dynamic new location.     Key to the Quarter
                                                 EXISTING                                                PHASE ONE (under construction/completed)           PHASE TWO (outline planning granted)
Titanic Quarter is transforming 75 ha/185
acres of former shipyard lands on the fringe     1. 	 Odyssey arena and entertainment complex           6. 	Abercorn Quay, ARC Apartments and Hotels      6a. Abercorn Quay, ARC Apartments and
                                                 2. 	Northern Ireland Science Park and historic        7. 	Abercorn Basin, marina, shops restaurants         Hotels
of Belfast City Centre into a new focal point
                                                       Thompson Dock and Pump House                            and cafés                                    10. T
                                                                                                                                                                 itanic Signature Project visitor attraction
for Belfast. At its heart are the atmospheric                                                                                                                   (construction underway)
                                                 3. 	Historic Harland & Wolff HQ and                   8. Gateway Office Complex
places where Titanic was designed, built               Drawing Offices (Phase 1 refurbishment                                                               11. Historic Titanic and Olympic Slipways
                                                                                                         9. Belfast Metropolitan College Complex
and launched.                                          completed)                                                                                           12. Mixed use development
                                                                                                         13. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
                                                 4. Painthall Film Studio                                                                                   14. Financial Services Centre (planning lodged)
Titanic Quarter… Building the future             5. Channel Commercial Park
from the past                                                                                                                                               Additional PHASES
                                                                                                                                                            15, 16, 17 & 18. Mixed use development
Interactive Mixed Use                                                                                                Phase II                        local retail/services and tourism/leisure
                                                      Development Content            Phase I (on site)
The rationale for Titanic Quarter is a mixed                                                                         (outline planning granted)      uses. These are uniquely centred in a
use development which is configured                   Residential                    47505 sq m (475 units)          200000 sq m (2000 units)        waterfront setting that was the birthplace
to create a lively, sustainable and safe                                                                                                             of RMS Titanic and will include an
                                                      Workspace                      15000 sq m                      37000 sq m
environment for residents, visitors and                                                                                                              international Titanic visitor attraction.
workers alike as part of a new 21st Century           Leisure                        -                               10000 sq m
                                                                                                                                                     Spaces and Places
City living experience.                               Hotel                          6000 sq m (150 beds)            13000 sq m (300 beds)
                                                                                                                                                     The layout is linked by a high quality public
                                                      Tourism                        -                               17800 sq m
Sustainable Development and Heritage                                                                                                                 realm that is memorable, informative and
The development takes as its starting                 Retail & Local Services        2360 sq m                       5500 sq m                       legible. It honours the industrial past and
point retention of the significant maritime           Further Education              21600 sq m                      -                               will give the area a confident new identity
industrial heritage of the area. It is led                                                                                                           as well as a robust sense of place and
                                                      Vehicle Parking                5220 sq m ( 1218 spaces)        15000 sq m (3500 spaces)
by the development of three residential                                                                                                              personality.
                                                      TOTAL                          97685 sq m                      298300 sq m
neighbourhoods and a ‘village heart’ of
                                                      Heritage & Public Realm        5.0 ha                          11.6 ha
                                                                                                                                                     Where we once built ships we now build
commerce and enterprise surrounded by
                                                                                                                                                     communities.

                                                                    Phases I & II with the Titanic Signature Project at its heart

21st Century Connections
Physical Links:                               Virtual Links:                                                                                         A Growing Community
Road: Direct access to main trunk roads and   Titanic Quarter is served with:                                                                        Existing occupiers within Titanic Quarter
Motorway network                              •D
                                                irect Tier 1 (highest level) Internet           • Direct and diverse links to mainland UK,         include a range of indigenous and
Public transport: served by City Metro bus     connectivity provision with full resilience          London and Global networks                       international companies:
services. Ready access to provincial bus       of routing and provider                           • Access to a Belfast to Dublin 10Gbs private,
                                                                                                                                                     Autonomy
and rail services. Focal point of new £150m                                                                                                          Broadsoft
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                                                ext Generation Open Access (carrier                diversely routed network, which enables          Citigroup
Rapid Transit System                           neutral) Titanic Quarter Network FTTX                scaleable capacity on demand                     ECIT Research Institute & Centre for Secure
Airports: George Best, Belfast City           •F
                                                ibre-to-the-home infrastructure enabling        • Access to Project Kelvin – Northern Ireland’s    Information Technologies (Queen’s University, Belfast)
Airport is within 10 minutes drive. Belfast    all occupiers and businesses to have                 first direct fibre optic link to North America   European Connected Health Campus
International Airport is under half an         concurrent access to multiple services/              offering higher security / lower latency         Intelliden
hour away                                      providers
                                                                                                                                                     L&T Infotech
                                                                                                                                                     Microsoft
Ferries: High speed and traditional ferries   •N
                                                ext Generation Open Access (carrier                                                                 Northern Ireland Science Park
to UK mainland located within Belfast          neutral) mobile broadband                                                                             Polaris
Harbour directly opposite the site                                                                                                                   SQS
                                                                                                                                                     TDK
Europe & North America              UK and Ireland   Belfast, Northern Ireland                      Titanic Quarter

Titanic Quarter Development Phases I & II

                                                                                                             Titanic Quarter Limited,           T: +44 (0) 28 9076 6300
                                                                                                             Titanic House, 2 Queen’s Road,     F: +44 (0) 28 9045 5086
                                                                                                             Queen’s Island, Belfast BT3 9DT,   E: info@titanicquarter.com
                                                                                 Belfast, Northern Ireland   Northern Ireland.                  W: www.titanicquarter.com
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