Bristol housing plan submitted

Developer Greystar has submitted plans to demolish a multi-storey car park in Bristol to make space for housing. Greystar is seeking permission from Bristol City Council to replace Rupert Street car park in the city centre with new flats.

The development would include 577 rooms, with 328 designated for students, parking, and shops and restaurants on the ground floor.

Neil Howells, senior director at Greystar, said: “These proposals will regenerate this rundown building, maintaining but improving public parking to serve the hospitals, Broadmead and the city centre in a highly-accessible location.

“This is an opportunity to make better use of the existing NCP car park, creating sustainable homes for people and providing high-quality green space for the residents.

“We want to turn the existing car park into a place the local community can be proud of.”

The Twentieth Century Society says Rupert Street is an important example of early Brutalist car park design that should be repurposed rather than demolished.

The C20 society has applied to have the structure listed with Historic England.

One person died and five were injured when a multi-storey car park partially collapsed in the US city of New York.

The incident happened on Anne Street in Manhattan’s Financial District at around 4pm on 28 April.

One car park worker was injured after being trapped on an upper floor, and was unable to get down on his own.

“We were able to put firefighters up there in the building and take him out across the roof to another building and bring him down safely,” said New York City Fire Department chief John Esposito.

New technology played a key role in the rescue. A robotic dog developed by Boston Dynamics sent video from inside the building and drones were flown in to the collapsed structure to conduct an assessment and searches.

“Thank God we had the robotic dog that was able to go in the building,” said Mayor of New York Eric Adams.