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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption What has been achieved in 30 years of redevelopment in Cardiff Bay? Future development of Cardiff Bay needs a more coordinated approach to ensure its success, the man behind its reinvention 30 years ago has said. Lord Crickhowell has hailed the overall regeneration of the former derelict docklands as a major success. But he is fiercely opposed to the latest plans to redevelop land for flats, including a 24-story building. Three decades after he sparked plans for one of the biggest overhauls the city has seen, what has been achieved? Image caption Cardiff Bay waterfront in 1977 - derelict before regeneration Once the epicentre of Wales' booming coal and export industries, by the 1980s, Cardiff Bay had become an abandoned wasteland of derelict docks and mudflats. A victim of a dramatic fall in trade following World War Two and competition from other ports saw its decline and a plan was put in place to bring it back to lif...

Aparthotels Adagio launches in Liverpool" src="http://www.hospitalityandcateringnews.com/wp-content/uploads/Pic156.jpg" alt="" width="599" height="127" /> Aparthotels Adagio , part of a joint venture between Pierre & Vacances Center Parcs Group and Accor, will open its first British aparthotel in Liverpool this week. Following the launch of the brand this year, the UK is set to become one of the key growth territories in Europe, besides France and Germany. Aparthotels Adagio has an aggressive European expansion plan to add 60 aparthotels in the next three years bringing the total to 150 properties worldwide with more than 19,000 individual apartments. After the opening of Liverpool, Adagio plans to open Birmingham in 2014 and has major projects in the pipeline in London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Glasgow for both, Adagio and Adagio access . An upper- midscale brand , Aparthotels Adagio offer comfortable and spacious apartments in ...

The Bellevue Hill home . SUTTON car dealership executive Scott Sutton has listed his luxury Bellevue Hill home . Sutton, an heir to the Suttons Holden fortune , paid $5.3 million for the home in 2015. The home — which began as a 1960s Harry Seidler designed abode — has hit the market through Raine & Horne Double Bay daughter - mother sales team Denise and Gillian Cameron. No word on his plans after the September 7 auction. While a classic modern home in style, architect Harry Seidler is said to have abandoned the project as the original client kept changing his mind. Wow! The Bennelong Crescent home comes with a modernist refurbishment enhancing the harbour views across to Manly from its three levels. The home with double-brick and concrete slab construction has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a self-contained apartment. Wide alfresco terraces flow to the land­scaped gardens and heated pool. Entertain up a storm. Sutton recently sold a nearby Cranbrook Road building bl...

Legendary artist Banksy looks to have 'hit back' at thieves who stripped one of his artworks from a city centre street in the best possible way. The mystery painter seems to have created a mural in Liverpool after one of his original paintings was stripped from close to the newly painted Liver Bird Wings . It includes a monkey alongside the statement "you can rob a bank and get away with 10 grand and serve 8 years or you can rob a Banksy and get away with a 100 grand and serve Caviar". The painting appears to be Banksey's style as speculation mounts as to who has created the piece - and whether it could have been done by the world famous street artist himself. The new mural has appeared in Liverpool city centre (Image: Liverpool Echo WS ) The mural appears to be in Banksy's style (Image: Liverpool Echo WS ) Read More The message on the mural could be seen as a nod to the latest news that two works by Banksy - the Rat and the Love Plane - that were take...

RIO DE JANEIRO ― Seven years ago, Vila Autódromo was little more than a tranquil fishing village on the edge of Jacarepagua Lagoon, next to the racetrack for which it was named. Like the hundreds of other favelas that dot Rio de Janeiro ’s landscape, it had long been neglected by the city government , and it lacked many basic public services that are standard in the fast- growing wealthier neighborhoods just across the water. But to the more than 600 families that lived there, it was home. “This was a paradise,” said Luiz Cláudio Silva, who lived in Autódromo for more than 20 years. “I thought that I would live here for the rest of my life.” By the time the Rio Olympics are over, just 20 of the families who lived in Autódromo in 2009, the year the International Olympic Committee chose the city to host the games, will remain. The community, which sits less than a mile away from Rio’s Olympic Park, was crushed so that the city could build new access roads to connect Olympic venues . ...

It’s common knowledge that a window view of New York’s Central Park saps a hefty premium from your account. Still, one development company recently redefined what “premium” means, listing an apartment with a view of the iconic park for a surreal sum of $250 million. The apartment spans floors 50 to 53 of the 220 Central Park South skyscraper; its developer,  Vornado Realty Trust , revealed the price in a filing to the New York attorney general , The Real Deal reported. Given recent headlines about New York apartments on sale for $100 million, $115 million, or even $120 million, another nine-figure listing may not sound that groundbreaking. So let’s take a step back. How much is $250 million in the real estate world ? It’s about the construction cost of the entire Chrysler Building —in today’s dollars. For the same money you can buy the three of the most expensive estates in the Hamptons and still have enough money left to buy a 2-bedroom apartment on the Upper West Side —with a view...

Bruce Chatterton moved to Meridian from Boise more than four years ago. The “room to grow” that is Meridian’s essence made him want to live and work there. Now the city’s community development director , Chatterton says it’s also been “fun seeing a small, somewhat quiet downtown become a place people want to hang out.” Meridian still has plenty of room to spread out, and that’s good, because its population is booming. It was the 13th-fastest-growing city in the U.S. last year. And it’s not just about Meridian. The growth is changing the whole Treasure Valley , affecting traffic, housing, health care, education and retail. The 2016 U.S. Census estimates put Meridian ’s population at nearly 96,000. The Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (Compass) estimates today ’s population at just more than 98,000. That’s a tenfold jump since 1990.   The growth seems unlikely to look to slow anytime soon, says Compass planner and demographics specialist Carl Miller , who lives in Meri...