Sarah Townsend
A public square, river walk along the Croal and shared gardens and roof terraces for residents feature in the landscaping of the £25m build-to-rent development due to start on site this autumn.
Manchester-based CW Studio has designed the public realm for the 2.7-acre residential development in Bolton town centre, working with the scheme’s master architect, Levitt Bernstein Architects. Among CW’s designs, pictures of which were released this week, are improvements to the River Croal embankment to connect the development with the rest of the town.
Developer Placefirst secured planning approval last month for the 158-apartment project on Central Street and Deansgate. It sits on a prime plot opposite the former Beales/Whittakers department store and is part of a larger £1bn town centre regeneration scheme for Bolton comprising 228 homes and 91,000 sq ft of office space.