Titanic Quarter, Belfast

Titanic Quarter, Belfast

The Titanic Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is an area situated on reclaimed land in Belfast city harbour, known until recently as Queen's Island.

The convert|185|acre|km2|sing=on site, previously owned by Harland and Wolff shipyards, and named after the company's most famous product RMS "Titanic", has been earmarked for development as a blue-chip technology district, including apartments, a riverside entertainment district, and a major Titanic-themed attraction.

Previously, Titanic Quarter was largely a brownfield site, notable only for the presence of the abandoned headquarters of Harland & Wolff (now relocated). Since 2005 , it has also been the home of the Northern Ireland Science Park, a hi-tech science park affiliated closely with Queen's University Belfast and University of Ulster [ [http://www.nisp.co.uk/nisp-connect.aspx NISP Connect] ] . In July 2006, work began on phase one of the development. On 31 October 2006, BBC News reported that Belfast Institute for Further and Higher Education plans to build a new £44 million campus in Titanic Quarter, moving from its Belfast city centre sites on Brunswick Street and College Square East in 2009. In October 2007 the second phase of the development was given planning permission, which includes the development of over 2,000 homes. The application was the largest ever submitted to the Department of the Environment's Planning Service. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7023878.stm Titanic plan for 2,000 city homes, BBC News] ] The Odyssey Complex is adjacent to Titanic Quarter.

Titanic Quarter is also the name of the private company developing the area. The area also has a proposed light-rail transit link to the city centre and the near-by George Best Belfast City Airport - CITI. [ [http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/news/news-drd/news-drd-230707-rapid-transit-studies.htm Northern Ireland Executive] ]

The area first came to public attention as 'Titanic Park' in 1995 when it was officially launched by U.S. President Bill Clinton at the Washington Peace Conference. Plans accelerated in September 2002 when the former head of public-private investment company Laganside Corporation, Mike Smith, was appointed as Chief Executive of the renamed "Titanic Quarter".

Titanic Quarter may eventually develop into a hi-technology orientated village, a new-model futuristic sector, in the mould of Paris's La Défense. [ [http://www.folklife.si.edu/resources/2007Festival/Program_Book/PBk_NIreland_36_57.pdf Northern Ireland at the Smithsonian] ] In the past, entrepreneurship in specialist technology sectors has been evident in Northern Ireland, in such areas as shipbuilding and aerospace. Harland and Wolff and Shorts Bombardier, the province's two key players in the above industries, have recently downsized substantially, at the loss of a great number of jobs.

ee also

*Belfast Quarters

References

External links

* [http://www.titanic-quarter.com/ Official site of the Titanic Quarter]


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