BSc Real Estate: field trip to Bristol

The first-year BSc Real Estate field trip to Bristol took place on 18 November. Presentations on the property market in Bristol (from Savills and Cushman & Wakefield) were followed by a walking tour of the city’s office and retail cores. Thanks to Chris Berry for organising a great trip...

Presentations on the property market in Bristol (from Savills and Cushman & Wakefield)

Starting at Cabot Circus, the largest shopping centre in Bristol’s retail core and then walking through the Broadmead retail area. Broadmead is the central shopping street in Bristol extending east-west about half a mile away from Cabot Circus. Together with the streets around it, it forms the heart of the traditional retail area and is home to The Galleries.

The Galleries is (or was) a shopping centre which opened in 1991 and currently has planning permission for demolition and redevelopment into 450 homes, student accommodation, offices, restaurants, and shops.

Passing by St Peter’s Church (ruins) at the historic heart of the city, devastated during the Blitz, leaving only its outer walls and tower surviving, the tour moved onto Queen’s Square. 

Queen’s Square is one of Bristol’s most elegant public spaces and is a large Georgian garden square combining residential and commercial properties. Next up, the Harbourside office cluster at Canon’s Marsh - this waterfront area is the second largest office area of Bristol and home to about twenty office buildings.

And finally a visit to Temple Quay office core and residential district. Temple Quay is Bristol’s largest office district, developed on former railway sidings from the early 1990s to the present, with buildings dating from across that period. The final destination was BLOK,  1 Castle Park for a guided tour of the new A Grade office development hosted by Alice Short of Boultbee Brooks.

Vacant office space inside BLOK

The lounge area inside BLOK, adjacent to the cafe

The view from the roof garden at BLOK and finally, down to the basement to see the bike and scooter park and the gym...

Great field trip. To find out more about the BSc Real Estate, click here.