{"id":7066,"date":"2025-08-06T07:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=7066"},"modified":"2025-08-06T07:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:47:08","slug":"cardiff-to-get-50-storey-skyscraper-in-bold-new-tower-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/cardiff-to-get-50-storey-skyscraper-in-bold-new-tower-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff to get 50-storey skyscraper in bold new tower plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

A developer has unveiled bold new plans to build a 50-storey skyscraper in central Cardiff that will become the tallest building in Wales if approved.<\/p>\n

REAP 3, a subsidiary of specialist build to rent developer BlueCastle Capital, is preparing a planning application to replace its previously approved 35-storey scheme with a much taller mixed-use tower next to Cardiff Central Station and the Principality Stadium.<\/p>\n

The new proposal includes 528 build-to-rent flats, made up of 344 one-beds and 184 two-beds, along with an assoctaed two-story Pavilion building with commercial space including restaurants.<\/p>\n

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Located between Wood Street and Rose Lane in the Central Square regeneration area, the building would dwarf the current record-holder, Swansea\u2019s 29-storey Meridian Tower.<\/p>\n

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If approved, the new building would have two staircases and five lifts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

REAP 3 said the landmark development is designed to cope with high footfall, particularly on matchdays when up to 80,000 people pass through the area.<\/p>\n

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A pre-application consultation is now live ahead of a full submission to Cardiff Council.<\/p>\n

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Archtect: 5plus; structural and MEP engineer, WSP; cost consultant, Gleeds, BREAAM adviser RLB<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Bluecastle currently has a development pipeline of around 1,500 build-to-rent units. It focuses on strategically well-located locations with strong underpinning occupier demand.<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/Kylow6G<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A developer has unveiled bold new plans to build a 50-storey skyscraper in central Cardiff that will become the tallest building in Wales if approved. REAP 3, a subsidiary of specialist build to rent developer BlueCastle Capital, is preparing a planning application to replace its previously approved 35-storey scheme with a much taller mixed-use tower […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-7066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7067,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7066\/revisions\/7067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}