DEVELOPMENT:

State of play... MAR 2024:

Gramercy tower (85m) in curran road, central core topped out, main construction not far behing, cladding upto 20th floor - Tower crane coming down april?
Central Quay plots 1 (90.5m) and 2 (75m) construction well advanced, plot 1 looks like cladding will commence soon
Plot 5 central square (113m) no activity on site - planning app approved
Copper Works Apartments at Capital Quarter completed - Building now being occupied with tenants
Harlech Court, Notice at site stating Harlech court to be demolished August 24 - the proposed development is still quite tall (100m?) but has shrunk considerably
Guildford Crescent apartments (96m) under construction
Trade St Gardens proposal has been reduced from 16 to 12 floors this development to be constructed on the not yet demolished sussex house.
Sixth form college 19 storey accomodation development underway at Pierhead Street, piling has commenced, It looks like it's all systems go for the change of location of Cardiff Sixth form college from Newport Rd to Cardiff Bay end of Bute St. no activity on site of new college yet.
John Street (phase 1) Whilst this building appears to be structurally complete, it seems to be a long way from being fitted out and external landscaping is non-existent, with no work in progress it's a bit of a mystery? will this be the new Cardiff Council County Hall? Welsh Government building? who knows. It seems unlikely that the 100m tower (phase 2) will commence until Phase 1 is "complete". 11th March 2025: In september 2025 this building will be occupied by 3,000 workers of Lloyds banking group - formerly located in St william house just 1/4 of a mile away. So work is now in progress to complete the building ready for September - I'm looking forward to seeing plenty of greenery on top floor as per original renders!!

MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS
Central Quay
Capital Quarter
Central Square
Canal Quarter

Manhattan we are not! but...
There's no denying that the Cardiff skyline has changed significantly over the last couple of decades and that trend continues with a fair number of high-rise developments planned or underway. This is my flickr album showing our evolving skyline. As a matter of interest my favourite view of our skyline is from Pembroke terrace on the Penarth headland up by St Augustines church (latest photos from here now in album following my visit on 19th Jan 2020). Whilst even I accept we will never have a skyline to rival bigger cities, our city centre is quite small and therefore even though the buildings we have and those in the pipeline are not very tall, the fact that they are contained in a compact area does make for an interesting skyline.

In my dreams!.. I would love to see a building of 150m (so it actually qualifies as a skyscraper!) constructed in the city centre with an observation platform or bar/restaurant at the top. A mixed use tower perhaps offices/apartment/hotel I'm sure would be a very welcome addition to our city centre. A centrepeice to the capital city of Wales skyline, a welcome message to visitors that we are a forward thinking city! The views on offer at this height would be superb in every direction - To the North... upto the Brecon Beacons, (ok it would have to be located so you can see up the Taff valley) to the South... views over Cardiff bay, the Bristol channel and over to South West England, and all above The castle, The Stadium, Civic centre, Bute Park and a decent number of high rise buildings to make the views more interesting when buildings lit at night! As a matter of interest I'm actually saving up for the construction of this development - reckon I can get it done for £100m so progress is slow, and to date I'm approx. £100m from breaking ground! Ok I did say in my dreams!!    :)

The Developments Map
The purpose of this map is to show all ongoing developments in Cardiff city centre/Cardiff Bay, to provide a render of the finished development, the planning application and photographic development updates. Also proposed development in the city centre of Cardiff. There are also links from existing structures and other sites of interest. The map is ever evolving and I intend it to be THE place on the internet with such information on Cardiff city developments and construction projects and all on one page!
Also on the map are all City Centre hotels and major student accomodation residencies