Giant plans for North Foreshore

Belfast City Council has tonight (Monday) agreed plans to regenerate Giant’s Park, North Foreshore through a commercial leisure and mixed use development proposal on a 250 acre portion of the site (September 3rd).Council officers worked with estate agents GVA NI Ltd to shortlist proposals which were considered by Council’s Strategic Policy and Resources Committee and ratified by full Council this evening.It’s hoped that a £93 million visitor attraction, made up of four distinct zones or ‘hubs’ – a welcome hub, a leisure and sports innovation hub, an adventure hub and a theme park hub – will completed by 2026.It is estimated that the development will create 200 construction jobs and sustain up to 1,400 jobs on the visitor attraction when operational.Members also approved the lease of two sites through Lisney commercial estate agents for Evermore Ltd’s proposed £27m development of a data centre to support the digital economy and Viridian Ltd’s plans for a £20m anaerobic digestion facility to generate and export electricity from organic waste.Inspired by the Cave Hill area’s renowned association with Swift’s book, Gulliver’s Travels, Belfast City Council has named the former landfill site Giant’s Park – also fitting as it’s the city’s largest development site, which opened for business in May 2017.Giant’s Park is already home to a £20 million state of the art film studio complex, developed by Belfast Harbour, with NI Screen marketing the film studio to its global industry contact network.