Six Exeter schemes shortlisted in the 2020 Michelmores Property Awards
Six recent building schemes based in Exeter have been shortlisted by a panel of expert judges in the 2020 Michelmores' Property Awards. The Awards, now in their 18th year, recognise the very best South West property and construction schemes, as well as the teams involved in them.
Jasmine Lodge, X Keys and Nancy Potter House have each been shortlisted in the Project of the Year (under £5 million) category.
Jasmine Lodge has delivered a much-needed inpatient facility for local women with severe mental ill health during pregnancy or in the first year after giving birth. Prior to its creation, the South West had the lowest provision of Mother & Baby Unit places per capita. Crucially the facility enables babies to stay with their mothers during treatment.
X Keys is a refurbishment project which has successfully redeveloped a 19th century building within the University of Exeter's St Luke's Campus into much needed leisure, restaurant, meeting and study spaces.
Nancy Potter House is a new building developed to replace Topsham's old library with a community hub. The scheme has created a multipurpose space that accommodates a new, larger library, café, post office, exercise room, wet rooms, treatment rooms, hairdressing salon, meeting rooms and administration space.
Rockfish Restaurant located on Exeter's historic quayside is shortlisted in the Leisure & Tourism Project of the Year category. A single storey, glass-fronted pavilion, the contemporary building provides employment opportunities as well as a venue for events and a popular social space for locals and visitors.
Exeter College's Masterplan is shortlisted in the Masterplanning for the Future category. The 15 year project proposes a comprehensive overhaul of the existing facilities excluding the listed buildings on the site. The sustainable development plan has a clear emphasis on how the public will benefit from the college in the future and seeks to achieve a dynamic, collegiate and academic atmosphere.
Exeter City Council's Liveable Exeter has also been shortlisted in the Masterplanning for the Future category. The Masterplan sets out the council's partnership with Exeter (Global) City Futures to create a programme of transformational change as well as plans for achieving the development of 12,000 homes.
Commenting on this year's shortlisted projects, Emma Honey, Partner and Head of the Real Estate team at Michelmores LLP said: "The South West is undergoing rapid transformation with strategic commercial and residential development taking place throughout the region, alongside exceptional restoration projects and smaller scale residential developments of note.
"This year's shortlist reflects the exceptional quality of the development that has taken place over the last year. Congratulations to everyone involved in this year's shortlisted projects - we look forward to revealing this year's esteemed winners at a virtual event on 12 November."
Hosted by law firm Michelmores with offices in Exeter, Bristol and London, the Michelmores Property Awards celebrate excellence in the construction sector across the South West region.
To find out more about the Michelmores' Property Awards please visit:www.michelmores.com/property-awards-2020
