Portsmouth
Football Club Announces £90 Million Residential Development.
Largest Building Project In Portsmouth.
Portsmouth Football Club has today announced a £90 million mainly
residential development to be known as Pompey Village.
The new development will be built on the site of the existing car park
to the west of the Ty Europe Stand, a brown field site which used to be
the old Fratton Goods Yard. The development is another step forward in
the total regeneration of Portsmouth Football Club and comprises a new
residential complex of studios, apartments and penthouses. Together with
the new stadium it will be the largest building project in the City since
the construction of Gunwharf Quays commenced in 1998.
The net revenue generated from the new development will go towards the
costs of construction of the new stadium.
Pompey Village will have something for everyone and will become a landmark
development in the City of Portsmouth. With five modern tower blocks,
the tallest of which will be 17 storeys high, the accommodation will range
from one bedroom studio starter homes to 3 bedroom penthouses, and lots
more in between, giving an overall total of 523 units. Views of the Solent,
the Isle of Wight and the city of Portsmouth from the upper floors of
the apartment blocks will be spectacular.
Apart from housing, the club has asked the designers, Fareham based HGP
Architects, to include a doctor‚s surgery, a pharmacy, a 6,500 sq.
ft. sports hall with splash pool, sauna, jacuzzi and squash court, offices
for home working and a high quality convenience store.
As part of the second phase of the stadium construction, restaurants and
bars will also be built behind the enlarged Ty stand, giving much needed
food and beverage facilities for fans, residents of Pompey Village, and
the people of Portsmouth. There will also be a multi-storey car park with
372 spaces, 150 of which will be for residents of Pompey Village and 222
for Portsmouth Football Club.
The whole site will be tastefully landscaped and will totally transform
an area of Portsmouth which has been sadly neglected for many years. With
the new road structure of Fratton Way leading into Rodney Road and then
to the Eastern Road, links to the M27, A27 and A3M are excellent for the
new Pompey Village.
The club intends to submit a planning application for this new development
to Portsmouth City Council very shortly. If planning permission is granted,
construction could start in the spring of 2004.
Commenting on the new Pompey Village, Chairman Milan Mandaric
said: -
"I would like to express my sincere thanks to the local council,
Architect Headly Greentree and to the entire team who have worked so tirelessly
on this project.
We wanted to create a development that was modern, stylish and impressive
to complement the new stadium and I believe that is exactly what we have
achieved.
The Pompey village will stand out as a distinctive piece of architecture
and will be another milestone in the regeneration of Portsmouth.
Pompey Village will be something of which I, and all the people of Portsmouth,
can be justly proud.
It is constructed with the community in mind and all the different needs
that cater for one so tight knit.
The euphoria of our promotion to the Premier League did not stop with
our immediate fans but had a direct impact on the community as a whole.
Pompey Village will have the same impact and everyone will benefit in
the wider community.
But for our wonderful football fans we are creating a magnificent stadium
accompanied by a lovely development that will be eye catching and thoroughly
modern.
They will come to look at the stadium and all that encompasses it with
exactly the same pride currently reserved for supporting the team.
Pompey Village, coupled with our new stadium, will firmly put both feet
of Portsmouth FC into the 21st century to stay.
And the wonderful concept behind Pompey Village means that the club will
be able to stand self sufficiently on those two feet without in later
years being crushed under a burden that cripples it.
It is the making of Portsmouth Football Club, not only for tomorrow or
the next five years but for the next century and beyond.
I am very proud to be the Chairman of this football club in the here and
now but even prouder to be able to deliver this future development to
our wonderful fans and the community as a whole.
I would like to think that this is my trade for the wonderful honour a
magnificent community bestowed upon me in their freedom of the city award."