Queen Victoria Street & Friar Street
The vision is to create a vibrant mixed use development in this key town centre location while protecting one of the key heritage assets of Reading for future generations.
The scheme will provide a market square with enhanced retail, and visitor accommodation in the form of an aparthotel and a 4* hotel.
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Site Location
Restoration of Queen Victoria Street and the Regeneration of Friar Street - Key Gateway to Reading Town Centre
Transforming a Place
A Shared Vision for Reading - Helping to Deliver Reading 2050 Vision
Project Vision Summary
- Considered architectural intervention
- Revived and re-imagined as a key gateway site
- Significant capital investment in Reading town centre (£45m)
- Innovative and responsive, supporting Reading 2050
- Opportunities for independent retailers
- Creating employment through construction and operation
- Reduced carbon footprint by adapting and extending the existing buildings
- Low energy building targeting BREEAM Excellent
- Creation of a market square and laneways
- Town centre recovery visitor expenditure
- Catalyst for the regeneration of Friar Street
- Economic boost from visitor and business spend locally
- Heritage - restoring iconic buildings, securing the future of decaying and empty buildings and re-establishing the use of The Bugle
- Public realms, new laneways and public open spaces
"A destination location that restores the listed buildings of Queen Victoria Street and Friar Street, creates a market square retail experience and provides overnight accommodation in a variety of concepts. The scheme will create vibrancy, employment opportunities and in turn, support the local and regional economy"
What We Will Deliver
Consultation and Heritage
Proposals seek to reinstate the historic shopfront design and uniformity, creating a unique historical character to this part of QVS and restore QVS to former glory.
Feedback from Reading Design Review Panel
QVS 1 - "The renewal of 141-148 Friar Street could act as a valuable catalyst to support wider improvements within this part of the town centre”
QVS 2 - “The proposals have the potential to provide a significant townscape benefit to this key intersection at the heart of Reading"
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