Muse is developing City Place, a 3.5 acre development site which is the city’s proposed new Central Business District due to its central location and close proximity to Chester Central station.
The primary ambition of City Place is to create a sustainable commercial new quarter of Chester, driving economic growth and transforming the city’s commercial offering.
Phase One — which was granted planning permission in March 2013 and will use land currently available on the adjacent car park — will provide a six-storey 70,000 sq ft BREEAM Excellent office building. The development will be complemented by the provision of new public realm, linking it with the station and Shropshire Union canal. Work is due to begin on this phase early in 2014.
It is planned that, by 2028, Chester’s Central Business Quarter will offer a total of 440,000 sq ft of state-of-the art office space — housed in seven office blocks — creating around 3,500 jobs.