Contractors working on a long-awaited block of flats on Plymouth’s waterfront have hailed a “significant milestone” in its construction.
Harbour Arch Quay on Sutton Harbour’s north eastern quay is set to provide 14 apartments, including two penthouses, with completion scheduled for spring next year.
The project had been due to begin in 2020 but was delayed by the Covid pandemic, with main construction eventually getting underway at the start of this year.
AIM-listed Sutton Harbour Group (SHG), which is overseeing the build, said the core structure of the nine-storey building was now complete, with the first-floor concrete slab now being formed.
It is expected the concrete slab for each floor of the block will take between one to two weeks each, with the roof slab to be poured at the end of October.
Harbour Arch Quay occupies space between Pinnacle Quay, home to apartments and businesses such as HonkyTonk Wine Library and Daisy’s Tea Rooms, and Salt Quay House, the headquarters for South West professional services firms such as Foot Anstey and Bishop Fleming.
SHG also said work is expected to begin next year at its Sugar Quay development, a £60m, 21-storey landmark building on the eastern side of the harbour. The mixed-use scheme will include 170 apartments, restaurants, and shops, with plans unanimously approved by Plymouth City Council’s planning committee earlier this year.
Executive chairman Philip Beinhaker joined senior project manager Andrew McGoldrick, and Rod Short, managing director of construction consultancy Moor Manage, at a ceremony to mark the progress made so far on Harbour Arch Quay.
Mr Beinhaker said: “The development of Harbour Arch Quay is the reawakening of the regeneration of the east side of Plymouth’s historic harbourfront, one of the finest in the UK.
“Further development will follow with the Sugar Quay complex, which will transform the city’s famous waterfront, regenerating the long-overlooked east side, enhancing this area of the harbourside and make it more accessible and welcoming for residents of Plymouth, visitors, and tourists, along with the enhanced integration of the residential communities to the east and Plymouth city centre.”
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