City Lofts Plan Southampton Towers

Situated on a site known for the Tyrrell & Green Building at 138 - 160 Above Bar Street, several new buildings will be constructed varying from 9 to 18 stories in height that will overlook the nearby Andrew's Park. The largely residential wedge shaped blocks will contain 282 new units consisting of 46 studio apartments, 106 1 bedroom, 126 2 bedroom and 4 3 bedroom flats plus parking for residents. There will also be 5,000 square metres of space for a new arts facility that will be run by the local council and four arts partners, retail and leisure space and landscaping that will see the creation of a new street between Guildhall Square and East Andrews Park. City Lofts have been a busy developer around the U.K having realised a number of successful tower projects so far but this is their first major scheme in Southampton. They purchased the scheme from Southampton City Council for £7.25 million earlier this year and hope that they can rapidly secure approval of the project and move forwards to completing the scheme in 2010