Land & Buildings has submitted plans for a new co-living development in Bristol.
Designed by Alec French Architects, the proposed development will deliver 113 one-bedroom studio apartments on a brownfield site on the corner of Coronation Road and St John’s Road.
The new St John’s Gate co-living scheme, which would range in height from two to five storeys, will offer a variety of shared spaces including communal kitchens and lounges, a gym and a co-working space for residents.
The site currently comprises a three-storey office block built in the 1950s, a vacant unused shed and a single garage.
Mark Watkins, design director at Land & Buildings, which is jointly developing the site with Castlemead, said: “We are proud to be a part of this exciting scheme to bring much-needed residential accommodation into this part of Bristol, providing an attractive and contextually fitting building to this part of Coronation Road.”
Neil Cartwright, co-founder of Land & Buildings, added: “St John’s Gate will provide Bristol with much-needed affordable studios for rent in the city centre for key workers and young couples.”
Louis Lane, associate director at Alec French Architects, said: “It [the new scheme] will provide affordable but high-quality rental accommodation for key workers and young professionals which is badly needed in the city. Co-living developments address a growing challenge within cities like Bristol that has been getting progressively worse for many years. How can the people who need to live in our city centres afford to do so as land values rise ever higher and development costs continue to soar?
“Co-living offers an answer to this problem by providing key workers with affordable, one-bedroom apartments and shared, high-quality services in a desirable location. This provides an alternative housing provision to opting for a house share or settling for apartments of lower quality or in less convenient locations. We also believe that the redevelopment of the buildings in St John’s Road will breathe new life into what has become an unattractive site. It will greatly improve the urban character of this area and provide passive security into Lucky Lane while also delivering attractive homes on a brownfield site.”
