Leckwith development
Coordinates: 51°27′50″N 3°11′56″W / 51.464°N 3.199°W The Leckwith development is in the Leckwith area of southwest Cardiff, Wales. Work started in Autumn 2007 with the construction of a new stadium for Cardiff City F.C. and Cardiff Blues.
The project consisted of:
Completion of the development was planned for Spring 2010.
To complete the deal, it involved a simple land-swap arrangement of existing facilities across three sites:
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen issues in construction across the two council owned sites, the football club incurred additional costs. This initially resulted in an agreement to lapse the development of the House of Sport until December 2010. In January 2009, with Cardiff City facing a winding-up order due to an outstanding £2.7M bill to HMRC, the club asked the council for permission to sell the residual 20acres to a developer.
The Capital Shopping Park in Leckwith, started building at the end of 2007 and originated from the idea of a new stadium for Cardiff City FC. The retail development was completed in 2009 and has a total of 21 tenants including Costco, Asda, M&S Home, Next, Mamas & Papas, Smyths Toys and Costa. It has 13,935-square-metre (150,000 sq ft) of retail space. It was originally owned by Capital Retail Park Partnership, which is owned by commercial developer PMG, but in February 2014 it was sold to Aberdeen Asset Management for £59.65 million.
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