WHITTLE SQUARE GLOUCESTER

Client: Frontier Estates

Contractor: Barnwood Construction

Project Completion: 2011

Value: £6.5m

The development is located on a 10-acre site within the existing Gloucester Business Park.

Whittle Square was designed to become the heart of the surrounding neighbourhood by integrating residential communities with the existing business park and retail facilities.

The project comprised of a 20,000m2 extension the existing Tesco foodstore, 11 units of ground floor retail space and 25 one and two bed apartments to the upper levels.

The design was complex with numerous changes of levels and use of a mixture of construction materials, such as load bearing masonry, concrete flat slab and steel frames.

A large attractive landscaped environment was part of the design brief, to encourage the use of non-car modes of travel and to facilitate the safe movement of pedestrians, cyclists and buses.