Girdwood Community Hub - Future Belfast

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Girdwood Community Hub

Last Update: 23 Jul 2016 | Project Status Updated

Address: 10 Girdwood Avenue, Belfast, BT14 6EG
Use: Leisure
Size: 47,300 ft²
Floors: 2
Cost: £20,000,000
Planning Reference:
Z/2013/0048/F
Planning Status: Approved
Project Status: Completed
Start Date: April 2014
Completion Date: December 2015
Developer:
Belfast City Council
Architect:
Michael Whitley Architects
Contractor:
O'Hare & McGovern

Civil Engineer:

Albert Fry Associates

M & E Contractor:

M & E Consultant:

AH Design

Structural Engineer:

Albert Fry Associates

Subcontractor:

CCL Interiors Ltd, Advanced Concrete and Formwork Ltd, Fortress Glass Technology, O’Neill Paving Ltd

Girdwood Community Hub is a two storey building located within the 14 acre Girdwood Park site. The building comprises a multi-use hall, dance studio, gym, cafe, office and meeting spaces and five classrooms for Belfast Metropolitan College.

The building was designed by Michael Whitley Architects and built by O’Hare & McGovern between April 2014 – December 2015. The Hub was officially opened on 15 January 2016 by Mervyn Storey MLA and Cllr Arder Carson.

The building cost £11.7m, funded by the EU’s PEACE III Programme.

Girdwood Community Hub