That’s a lot of restaurants in one space, out of town. I would imagine rents will be cheap initially to get brands interested- Pizza Express will be one of them I would guess.
nick_PASTIE":65prwpx9 said:That’s a lot of restaurants in one space, out of town. I would imagine rents will be cheap initially to get brands interested- Pizza Express will be one of them I would guess.
Green_Flash":28pli9u7 said:nick_PASTIE":28pli9u7 said:That’s a lot of restaurants in one space, out of town. I would imagine rents will be cheap initially to get brands interested- Pizza Express will be one of them I would guess.
My guess is that it will be restaurants that incorporate a delivery/take out service given it is in a densely residential area. Without the draw of a cinema or even shops, it is hard to envisage people flocking to central park for dinner on a rainy week night. Yes they will be busy once a fortnight in the football season but that cannot sustain a business.
lunarjetman":2eg0uawx said:Green_Flash":2eg0uawx said:Given the new cinema complex, the number of empty units in the city centre, empty units in the RWY, I cannot think it is good planning to allow another set of chain restaurants to open up in Central Park - surely it is better to make sure existing areas for evening entertainment are thriving rather than create new ones.
The commercial developments, including the hotel, are going to do a lot of damage to the city centre and the character of the park in my opinion. It was a weak decision by the Council. There are more appropriate places for this type of development. However, allowing the development was easiest thing for the Council to do as it would be wrongly percieved in the media as holding back Argyle and the city.
keyser soze":1qozx3rg said:The only positive thing to say is we still at least have a club to support.
Biggs":2ohr35nx said:Green_Flash":2ohr35nx said:nick_PASTIE":2ohr35nx said:That’s a lot of restaurants in one space, out of town. I would imagine rents will be cheap initially to get brands interested- Pizza Express will be one of them I would guess.
My guess is that it will be restaurants that incorporate a delivery/take out service given it is in a densely residential area. Without the draw of a cinema or even shops, it is hard to envisage people flocking to central park for dinner on a rainy week night. Yes they will be busy once a fortnight in the football season but that cannot sustain a business.
Remember all the office space, hotel and gymgoers, plus all the employees of those businesses plus Argyle. And I would have thought with a combination of hotel + conferencing + office space, there will be a hell of a lot of business lunching.
There will be a lot of permanent people based in that area as well as the visitors/football fans etc.
And then go for a bite to eat in one of seven restaurants?? Why would any restaurant be interested in that amount of competition & where’s the foot fall? The previous scheme didn’t go ahead because of lack of interest. What’s changed?Biggs":wqag7egw said:keyser soze":wqag7egw said:The only positive thing to say is we still at least have a club to support.
The ONLY positive thing to say?
Really?
I must admit though, all this stuff DOES change that area of Central Park. From a potholed mess, to a sports and leisure destination people actually want to visit.
The park itself is barely touched.
“a selling point “ to who???Quizmike":1zzp5nmg said:There are a lot of these kind of developments in the South East and they are surprisingly popular. The amount of choice is seen as a selling point
Quizmike":ap2t30y0 said:There are a lot of these kind of developments in the South East and they are surprisingly popular. The amount of choice is seen as a selling point
Usually these developments are accompanied with shops. If you were right, then why was there a lack of interested companies in the previous scheme?PL2 3DQ":2nzlyane said:Quizmike":2nzlyane said:There are a lot of these kind of developments in the South East and they are surprisingly popular. The amount of choice is seen as a selling point
Exactly! And also elsewhere around the country, the stadium at Northampton, as an example, is surrounded by restaurants.
It's not until you see other towns and cities that you realise how much Plymouth is missing out with the lack of choice for restaurants.
For instance we have no Brewers Fayre or Hungry Horse and yet these are everywhere around the country.
We also have just one Harvester and Toby restaurants where some other cities have at least two.
These national chains are very popular.
PL2 3DQ":24l4890y said:Quizmike":24l4890y said:There are a lot of these kind of developments in the South East and they are surprisingly popular. The amount of choice is seen as a selling point
Exactly! And also elsewhere around the country, the stadium at Northampton, as an example, is surrounded by restaurants.
It's not until you see other towns and cities that you realise how much Plymouth is missing out with the lack of choice for restaurants.
For instance we have no Brewers Fayre or Hungry Horse and yet these are everywhere around the country.
We also have just one Harvester and Toby restaurants where some other cities have at least two.
These national chains are very popular.
PL2 3DQ":11736bvb said:Quizmike":11736bvb said:There are a lot of these kind of developments in the South East and they are surprisingly popular. The amount of choice is seen as a selling point
Exactly! And also elsewhere around the country, the stadium at Northampton, as an example, is surrounded by restaurants.
It's not until you see other towns and cities that you realise how much Plymouth is missing out with the lack of choice for restaurants.
For instance we have no Brewers Fayre or Hungry Horse and yet these are everywhere around the country.
We also have just one Harvester and Toby restaurants where some other cities have at least two.
These national chains are very popular.