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More green spaces are planned at Exeter College

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Looking into the future at Exeter College

Awards TOP OF THE CLASS Exeter College’s ambitious campus Masterplan places a vision for what the college’s sites will look like over the next 20 years. So, what is planned and how will it impact the city?

The next two decades will see big changes for Exeter College, with bold new buildings transforming its teaching sites. These designs, known as the Exeter College Masterplan, have not gone unnoticed either, recently being shortlisted in the Michelmores Property Awards 2020 in the ‘Masterplanning for the Future’ category.

The constructions aim to revolutionise the college’s sites, including the eventual demolition of the College’s iconic Tower Building to be replaced with state-of-the-art specialist learning centres.

The rst phase o deelopment a new Digital and Data Centre as part of the South est nstitute o Technology is currently under construction at the College’s Hele Road site.

Looking ahead, a new pedestrian walkway from St David’s Station to the city centre will be built, to better utilise the college’s green spaces on campus and to gie maimum benet to learners and the wider community.

“Our Masterplan is about investing in education in this region and investing in the skills that learners need to thrive in the economy of the future,” says Exeter College director of Estates and Information Technology Steve Strang.

“Although an ambitious and far-reaching project, we’ve worked to ensure this plan meets not only our needs as an exceptional education provider but also meets the needs of learners, businesses and the wider community.

“The last few months have brought unprecedented uncertainty to all of our lives and now, more than ever, it is important to celebrate the excellence in our region's property and construction sector.”

Winners of the Michelmores Property Awards 2020 will be announced on 12 November with details on the virtual awards ceremony.

For more: www.exe-coll.ac.uk

Awards AND THE OTHER NOMINATIONS ARE… Exeter’s property scene also boasts five other properties that have been shortlisted by the Michelmores’ Property Awards 2020

Jasmine Lodge, X Keys and Nancy Potter House have each been shortlisted in the Project of the Year (under £5 million) category.

JASMINE LODGE delivers an inpatient facility for local women with seere mental ill health during pregnancy or in the rst year after giving birth. 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 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, ca, post oce, eercise 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.

Visions of the future: Liveable Exeter has also been nominated

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 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. www.michelmores.com

Jasmine Lodge has been nominated for Project of the Year

Richard Brooks has the good news

Property market WHAT’S THE FORECAST? Market commentary from RICHARD BROOKS, Savills head of residential in the South West

“The demand we have seen in the country markets across the South West has been extraordinary, driven by a quest for more space. Major towns in Devon and Cornwall are seeing phenomenal activity and some competitive bidding. In city markets we hae denitely seen demand switch to the suburban areas and country surrounds. ith many anticipating continued eible working and less reuent commuting, houses which offer more space both inside and out, in well-connected town or illage locations, are particularly sought-ater.

There has also been signicant surge in demand or coastal property throughout Devon and Cornwall, with properties in coastal areas seeing growth of +2.9 per cent in Q3, as buyers reassess their lifestyle and act on a desire to live by the sea. This has been further bolstered by less international travel which has brought the interest for UK coastal areas to the fore.” For more: www.savills.co.uk

Make a dash for the river Dart SPOTTED! Overlooking the beautiful estuary, this on the market pad enjoys clear uninterrupted views both up and down the River Dart while being in a tucked away location. Inside, its all mod cons with surround sound, underoor heating, swish marble oors and a oating spiral staircase.

The main bedroom has a Juliet balcony overlooking the marina and the river beyond, two dressing rooms, a bathroom with large rain head shower and a roll top bath from which you can enoy glorious iews o the rier. The second oor offers a double bedroom suite with large port hole window overlooking the river and an en suite bathroom. The seating area on the terrace is the cherry on the top for this waterfront living abode. In a nutshell: 2 bedrooms/2 bathrooms/2,496sq ft/£2,150,000/Dart Marina, Dartmouth (42.1 miles from Exeter) For more: www.savills.co.uk

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