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In the News (Sat 28 Nov 09)

  
  Urban Splash: profit dives to £2.9m, a third of previous year - 11/02/2008 - Contract Journal
Regeneration company Urban Splash has seen pre-tax profit dive to £2.9m in 2007 from a figure of £8.9m in the previous year.
Urban’s turnover rose to a record £62m in the 12 months to 31 March 2007 (comparable figure in the previous year: £57m).
During the year, Urban completed 310 apartments, collected £6m in rental income, exchanged contracts on a further 900 apartments with a sales value of £120m and enjoyed a rise in net assets to more than £70m.
www.contractjournal.com /Articles/2008/02/11/57706/urban-splash-profit-dives-to-29m-a-third-of-previous.html   (366 words)

  
  Urban Splash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Urban Splash which was setup in 1993, is a company which regenerates decaying industrial warehouses and mills into modern apartments and penthouses as well as construct new build developments.
Urban Splash are renowned for taking on difficult sites and projects that other developers will not touch, such as the Budenburg Haus Projekte in Altrincham, Cheshire, Park Hill in Sheffield, New Islington in Manchester and Lister's Mill in Bradford.
Urban Splash was founded by Tom Bloxham, a graduate of Manchester University.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Urban_Splash   (202 words)

  
 West Somerset District Council   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Urban Splash had been recommended by the council’s cabinet, which supported the decision of the augmented planning and control group which evaluated shortlisted developers.
Urban Splash was also supported by Watchet town councillors, who received a special presentation on the company’s proposals ahead of the decision by district councillors.
Urban Splash will not start work on the East Wharf until at least the end of July, 2006, which means Watchet Carnival has a further year in which to find an alternative venue for activities which have been staged on the site in recent years.
www.westsomersetonline.gov.uk /news_detail.asp?id=265&area=3   (524 words)

  
 SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | Morecambe pins hopes on revival of art deco hotel that once hosted Poirot
Urban Splash, the redeveloper that turned Manchester's derelict warehouses into desirable apartments, will reopen the hotel by 2006.
The agency, working in partnership with Urban Splash and Lancaster city council, describes the restoration of the Midland as a crucial part of the masterplan to regenerate the seafront.
Urban Splash will also add a "small pavilion in the modernist tradition" on the roof, plunge pool and sauna in the garden and a sun terrace overlooking the bay.
society.guardian.co.uk /urbandesign/story/0,11200,1367396,00.html   (518 words)

  
 Design 4 Design : Interior Design and Architecture articles and features
It didn’t take long for Urban Splash to be noticed, picking up its first RIBA award in 1996 for Schoolhouse in Trafford Park — the conversion of a former school in the heart of the major industrial area of Manchester.
Meanwhile, Urban Splash is in the closing stages of an international architecture competition to find a team of architects to design proposals for the 4 ha Central Promenade site adjacent to the Grade II listed Midland Hotel in Morecambe, Lancashire.
Urban Splash believes Fort Dunlop will be the largest speculative office development ever built outside of London, with rents as low as £90 a square metre for some spaces.
www.design4design.com /articles/articles_story.asp?STORYID=6786   (545 words)

  
 The Urban Regeneration Companies - News, Press and Events - Press Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Today Urban Splash announced it had appointed Alsop Design Limited to prepare proposals for the first new building on the site — and had also invited several architects to take part in a design competition for the remodeling of the Wharfinger's Cottage.
“In the same way that Urban Splash has helped to reinvigorate cities like Manchester and Liverpool, we are incredibly excited by this chance to create a whole new quarter of Walsall by building on the town's strengths, the canal, the art gallery and the site's close proximity to the town centre.
Its focus on high quality urban design is exactly the sort of inspirational thinking that will transform the town and its economy, and bring a better quality of life and a new confidence to the people of Walsall.
www.urcs-online.co.uk /newsandpress/pressrelease.asp?id=427   (847 words)

  
 Arts Council England : Press release
Urban Splash chairman, Tom Bloxham MBE has been appointed as a Patron of Architecture Week, the annual national celebration of contemporary architecture.
As Chair and Co-founder of Urban Splash, the award winning property developer behind some of the UK’s most exciting regeneration projects, Tom was asked to become Patron because of his commitment to arts, culture and modern buildings and as a pioneer of regeneration in the North West.
Urban Splash’s exceptional track record for commissioning award-winning architecture and Tom’s role as Chair of Arts Council England, North West demonstrate his active interest in the arts and architecture and make him a great Patron of Architecture Week.
www.artscouncil.org.uk /regions/press_detail.php?rid=5&id=450   (851 words)

  
 Conference Review - CIHSE   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Urban Splash is an innovative property development and regeneration company that has won over 100 awards including the 2002 RIBA client award.
Urban Splash became good at mixing the old with the new — keeping the best of the old and then adding new architecture.
With everything Urban Splash does, their emphasis is on the quality of architecture.
www.cihse.co.uk /main/conference_review_articles.php?revID=11   (664 words)

  
 Observer | City champion goes to school
But for the founder and chairman of Urban Splash, the iconic architecture firm that has helped to transform inner-city Manchester and Liverpool and is extending its reach nationwide, it's an obvious next move.
In the 12 years since he founded Urban Splash with his business partner Jonathan Falkingham, he has learnt plenty of lessons about regenerating inner-cities which he's keen to pass on.
Urban Splash, a rare combination of housebuilder and landlord, still offers its commercial tenants a simple four-page lease and still specialises in rescuing buildings which others have not dared to touch.
observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5342522-102271,00.html   (996 words)

  
 Praxis@CAUP Home   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tom Bloxham is Chairman, joint founder and major shareholder of the Urban Splash Group.
Urban Splash has established itself as a pioneer of regeneration and an advocate of modern design.
Urban Splash is growing from its north-west base and has schemes in development at Bradford, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Plymouth and Bristol as well as Manchester, Liverpool and Morecambe.
www.caup.washington.edu /praxis/spring/detail.php?lectid=56   (142 words)

  
 Property to buy from Urban Splash, Lister Mills on rightmove.co.uk
Urban Splash is the developer behind the UK’s most exciting urban regeneration projects.
Urban Splash works on the basis that any urban redevelopment is about more than just bricks and mortar.
Set up in 1993 by Tom Bloxham and Jonathan Falkingham, Urban Splash has already created over one million sq ft of award-winning residential and commercial space, with another 100 million sq ft in the pipeline.
www.rightmove.co.uk /action/ShowBranch?ag_u=21788   (292 words)

  
 Startups | Print this page   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Realising there was an opportunity in the market for his vision of urban regeneration, he bought a run down building in the centre of Liverpool and converted into a trendy bar, the first modern bar in the city.
It was also on the Liverpool development that he met architect Jonathan Falkingham, with whom he set up Urban Splash and set out on his quest to transform the satanic mills of the industrial north into desirable living and working locations.
It is in the residential arena in particular that Urban Splash has become the designer label of city centre living.
www.startups.co.uk /common/print.aspx?a=ebfe83c9   (890 words)

  
 Manchester Confidential Property - A tall storey
But with over 1300 enquiries already, Urban Splash are opening their sales centre from Wednesday 27 through to Friday September 29 11am – 5pm so the public can pick up a brochure, price list and find out more about the scheme.
Move over Glastonbury as Urban splash will be putting on camping facilities and a little entertainment for those wishing to queue early.
Urban Splash is bringing the love back to the 1960's tower block and it's spreading.
www.manchesterconfidential.com /property/index.asp?Sessionx=IpqiNw86IwEjNwB6IaqiNwA   (956 words)

  
 Tom Bloxham - Urban Splash - KnowledgeRICH
At the vanguard of urban renewal, the ambitious enterprising and now multi-award winning Urban Splash saw great buildings which had fallen into disrepair and was determined to breathe new life back into them.
Urban Splash, says Tom, set out with the clear vision that there were a lot of fantastic old buildings out there which were undervalued and underused.
Urban Splash bought the mill in 2000 with a vision to renovate the existing larger buildings and build striking new structures for apartments, workplaces, shops and public spaces.
www.knowledgerich.com /keynote.aspx?id=269   (1438 words)

  
 The Twentieth Century Society
Urban Splash has become synonymous with pioneering regeneration in the North-West of England.
A strong advocate of modern design, Urban Splash have led the way in terms of loft-style living, their work mixes contemporary design with the architecture of existing buildings.
Urban Splash intend to restore the Midland to its former glory.
www.c20society.org.uk /docs/press/030131_midland.html   (264 words)

  
 Urban Splash set to save modernist icon - Building Design
Developer Urban Splash is considering a bid to save one of the most important modernist buildings in Scotland, St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross.
Urban Splash founder Tom Bloxham is understood to be keen to buy the site and is considering converting the former priests’ residence into a hotel, together with homes.
She said: “Urban Splash has a track record of taking on modernist buildings and bringing them back to life”.
www.bdonline.co.uk /story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3097903&c=2&encCode=00000000013c5e87   (497 words)

  
 News
Topping the list is Urban Splash, the company founded by former Manchester University student Tom Bloxham, which has transformed large parts of the city.
Urban Splash's work in creating the New Islington development in Manchester, where it is replacing a run-down council estate with new homes, has won special praise from the judges.
Urban Splash's success comes just a year after it finished third in the Top 50.
www.merseybasin.org.uk /press.asp?pagesize=5&confirmed=1&id=267&page=4   (542 words)

  
 Northwest Development Agency (NWDA) co-ordinates economic development, regeneration, skills dev   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Vanilla Factory, another piece in the jigsaw of the regeneration of the Ropewalks area in the heart of Liverpool City Centre, is a combination of the refurbishment of the original vanilla essence factory and a fully glazed four storey new building providing large office floor plates.
“Urban Splash Work is very proud of the Vanilla Factory, it is a beautiful space and has certainly generated a lot of interest and excitement from young, growing businesses all eager to be in the heart of this increasingly lively and creative area of the city,” said Stephanie Mullenger, managing director, Urban Splash Work.
Urban Splash Work has a current rent roll of £4.2 million and is responsible for the management of 500,000 sq ft of commercial space in Manchester and Liverpool.
www.nwda.co.uk /SimpleContent.aspx?news=1&area=72&subarea=73&item=200411300509777147&yr=2004   (548 words)

  
 Northwest Development Agency (NWDA) co-ordinates economic development, regeneration, skills dev   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Urban Splash also holds invited competitions and has recently appointed Austrian based Querkraft to design the refurbishment of a building as part of the Walsall Waterfront site and has appointed David Morley Architects and Studio Baad to work on proposals for the next phase of development at Lister Mills, Bradford.
Urban Splash is refurbishing the building restoring it to its former glory as a hotel.
Urban Splash is delivering the project in partnership with Northwest Regional Development Agency, Lancaster City Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
www.nwda.co.uk /SimpleContent.aspx?news=1&area=72&subarea=73&Item=2005826080992676&navfromaofi=1   (650 words)

  
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Nevertheless, Urban Splash is something of a national phenomenon in terms of its ability to take on large and complex projects where the prospect of short-term financial return is either largely absent or not clearly discernible.
Urban Splash has since moved on to new locations, in particular Liverpool and Bradford, whose Matchworks and Manningham Mills look set to make successful large-scale conversion projects.
Urban Splash is eager to demonstrate that it wants the positive spin-off from its projects to extend beyond their boundary and into the wider conurbation.
www.ihbc.org.uk /context_archive/96/crook/one.htm   (1131 words)

  
 Urban Dictionary: splash
Urban Dictionary is the slang dictionary you wrote.
Or-when you hear something that makes you think of something dirty or sexual, "splash" is the sound "your mind makes when it falls into the gutter".
The act that happens at a gang bang when the female is intending to become impregnated from having unprotected sex with several male partners.
www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=splash   (421 words)

  
 Urbis - SuperCity
Urban Splash is working with Alsop architects to deliver the strategic framework scheme design for the new Manchester Millennium Village in New Islington, East Manchester.
Urban Splash is the lead developer for the 29 acre site, working with partners, English Partnerships, Manchester City Council and New East Manchester to deliver Alsop's strategic vision.
Urban Splash is developing further schemes at Castlefield, Manchester and an exciting scheme at Altrincham, Cheshire designed by Lord Foster, as well as schemes at Plymouth, Leeds, Birmingham and Bradford.
www.urbis.org.uk /page.asp?id=2921   (957 words)

  
 The Cardroom Estate
Urban Splash Has successfully become the preferred developer in the development of the millennium village Ancoats.They hope has part of a new future Cardroom a competition to rename the area which will involve local residents and children.
Tom Bloxham Chairman of Urban Splash is equally has excited by the opportunity that the Cardroom Estate offers in the regeneration of the area and making it once again a place to be proud to live, work and be part of a community.
At the end of March 2001 a democratic election was held by post of the existing tenants to choose 6 residents to represent all other tenants of the Cardroom Estate, the reason for the steering group is to be one partner alongside Urban Splash and other parties involved.
members.tripod.com /www.ancoats.co.uk/id38.htm   (189 words)

  
 News - Morecambe Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More
Urban Splash announced last week their proposals for the hotel following the news of their £4 million grant from the North West Development Agency.
Urban Splash has a two-year 'exclusivity' agreement with the city council which, in effect, means that the authority won't listen to any other planning proposals for that site until the company has brought forward its own scheme.
There have been suggestions that Urban Splash might be looking to 'recoup' their investment in the Midland by developing and selling residential properties on that seaward site.
www.morecambetoday.co.uk /ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=34&ArticleID=901324   (641 words)

  
 Prospect Magazine: News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
“In the Urban Splash scheme we inverted the usage of the traditional tenement, placing living space in the upper floors and bedroom space on the lower.
The scheme is in one of the Pathfinder areas and Urban Splash are looking at it to see if it can turn out to be cost neutral,” said James Weston, director of Shed KM.
Urban Splash’s scheme for 396 units in the Langworthy marks the business’s first foray into the market of renovated terraced buildings.
www.prospectmagazine.com /members/news.php?id=158   (301 words)

  
 RIBA: Urban Splash wins RIBA Client of the Year Award   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Urban Splash, the north-west based developer, has won this year’s RIBA Client of the Year Award, in association with the Arts Council of England.
“Urban Splash, the north-west based developer, has an impressive record of seeking out derelict buildings and land and undertaking outstanding regeneration projects to bring them back to life.
Urban Splash won from a very strong shortlist which included greater Manchester, Westborough Primary School, Lady Bessborough, The Tate and Iain Tuckett from Coin Street Community Builders.
www.riba.org /go/RIBA/News/Press_2236.html   (352 words)

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