{"id":606,"date":"2010-04-27T17:35:22","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T21:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedockchurch.org\/blog\/?p=606"},"modified":"2013-03-23T08:26:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T12:26:28","slug":"the-dock-vision-hd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2010\/the-dock-vision-hd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dock Vision (HD)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Belfast is changing.\u00a0 And no part of the city is changing faster than the Titanic Quarter. \u00a0Only a few years ago the Queen\u2019s Island was largely deserted, Belfast\u2019s Titanic heritage surviving among weeds and rusty industrial equipment.\u00a0 Today the story is completely different.\u00a0 A breathtakingly adventurous redevelopment program – kickstarted by private funding, but now attracting public funding as well – is transforming the area into an urban village for the 21st Century.\u00a0 The redevelopment encompasses residential areas, businesses, a new college, a film studio and a huge investment in the tourist potential of the Titanic connection – as well as links through to East Belfast and the nearby Odyssey Arena.<\/p>\n

Although the grand plan is a 25-year vision, the pace of the development has recently increased sharply as investors seek to capitalise on the interest surrounding the 100-year anniversary of the Titanic setting sail. \u00a0 According to the current schedule, by that date the \u00a397m Signature Project (a Titanic museum and interactive theatre) will be complete, the new campus of the Belfast Metropolitan College will be open just across the road, and the growth in residential and business use of the area – currently in its infancy – will be well established.\u00a0 And the numbers involved (in the 25-year plan) are staggering:<\/p>\n