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Urban Splash, set up in
1993, is a British company which regenerates decaying industrial
warehouses and
mills, and other buildings, into modern apartments and penthouses as well as construct new build developments. They are mainly based in the northwest cities of the
United Kingdom such as
Manchester,
Bradford and
Liverpool, but have expanded into the Midlands and the South, in such places as
Birmingham, Bristol (
Lake Shore) and
Plymouth (
Royal William Yard ).
Urban Splash are renowned for taking on difficult sites and projects that other developers won't touch, such as the Budenburg Haus Projekte in
Altrincham,
Greater Manchester,
Park Hill, Sheffield,
New Islington and Moho in Manchester and
Lister's Mill in
Bradford. They also place a big emphasis on design, employing well respected architects such as
Foster and Partners,
ShedKM
and
Glenn Howells.
Urban Splash are currently developing two landmarks in Birmingham:
The Rotunda and
Fort Dunlop. Urban Splash have also been chosen to redevelop the Waterfront in
Walsall. In 2006 Urban Splash bought the derelict
Birnbeck Pier in
Weston-super-Mare,
North Somerset. The company has been chosen as the developer for the East Wharf development project in
Watchet,
Somerset and has submitted plans to the local planning authority (as of May 2007). Their redevelopment of Morecambe's famous art deco
Midland Hotel is due to be completed in May 2008. Urban Splash along with
Hammerson are the chosen developers to redevelop a large area of
Swansea city centre.
Urban Splash was founded by
Tom Bloxham, a graduate of
Manchester University, whose initial business experience was selling pop posters in
Affleck's Palace in
Manchester. To expand his pop poster business Bloxham branched out a as landlord opening the N4 Arcade adjacent to the Palace. He then expanded in to
Liverpool opening a shopping arcade called the Liverpool Palace. He then expanded in to licensed premises with the founding of the
Baa Bar in Liverpool with architect and Urban Splash co-founder,
Jonathan Falkingham.
Tom Bloxham has recently appeared on the
Sunday Times Rich List. In the 2005 list, it was stated that Bloxham had a personal fortune of around £50million. He now resides in
Worsley, in
Greater Manchester.
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