Plans to redevelop the former WH Smith site in Clifton Village, which was set to be transformed into a mixed use development, has been brought to a halt. Work on the old site, which has been dubbed ‘an eyesore’ in the heart of the village, was due to start in the second quarter of this year.
Green Party councillors, Katy Grant and Paula O’Rourke, who represent the Clifton ward at Bristol City Council, revealed earlier this week that the developers were no longer pursuing the scheme because it was "no longer viable.
Developers THAT Group did not respond to requests for comment, but the councillors said in a press statement THAT group had demolished the old buildings and had prepared the site for development. But as “construction costs have increased exponentially in the intervening period, making it commercially unviable to proceed, THAT Group has decided to reconsider how best to use the site.”
