The development firm wanting to knock down a huge shopping centre in South Bristol and build 850 flats there instead have said the ‘extraordinary costs’ of doing that mean they can’t afford to include more affordable homes for people on the council’s housing waiting list.
Broadside Holdings have outlined to Bristol Live just why they say they are unable to increase the number of flats that would be sold or rented out by a housing association in their new ‘Redcatch Quarter’ development, after the city’s head of housing said their plans were ‘simply not good enough’.
Broadside’s plan is to completely demolish the Broadwalk Shopping Centre in Knowle, as well as the multi-storey car park, snooker hall and bingo hall and level the entire site from the Wells Road to Redcatch Park. In its place they want to build 850 flats in a series of 12-storey buildings, and create a ‘new pedestrianised High Street’ that would connect the Wells Road to Redcatch Park directly, lined with bars, shops and restaurants.
