Homework 13: Cribbs Causeway and Cabot Circus

Complete all the tasks you didn’t get done in class. This is important

because it is an exam CASE STUDY Activities: Use Figures 1-6 and the text on the reverse of this sheet to help you Cribbs Causeway 1. Use Figure 1 to describe what Cribbs Causeway is (include when it was built) 2. Using map evidence from Figures 1,2 and 3, describe the location of Cribbs Causeway. [4 marks] 3. What is an „Edge City‟? 4. Why is „The Mall‟ at Cribbs Causeway a popular location for shoppers? 5. Why do you think this site was chosen for the development of an out of town shopping centre? Give 4 reasons, explaining each one fully. 6. What else can people do at Cribbs other than shopping? Cabot Circus 7. Why was Cabot Circus built and when? 8. What is Cabot circus? What attractions can be found there? Be detailed. 9. How did they overcome the parking issues that had put shoppers off central Bristol in the past? 10. There was the potential for Cabot Circus to cause decline in old Broadmad. - How was this prevented? 11. Were there any social benefits from the building of Cabot Circus? 12. has everyone been happy with the development? Explain fully. Exam Question For a place you have studied where retail provision has changed over time.

1. Name and locate the place. 2. Describe the changes that have occurred.

3. Explain the reasons for these changes. [8 Marks] You should refer to Bristol, Cribbs Causeway, Broadmead and Cabot Circus in your answer Extension 1. Draw a sketch map showing the location of Cribbs Causeway and Cabot Circus in relation to Bristol as a whole. Remember to include transport links and the CBDFigure 1

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Cabot Circus The aim of Cabot Circus was to revitalise the City Centre and reverse the trend for people to go to out of town shopping centres. Rather than harming Broadmead, Cabot Circus should bring more people to the centre of Bristol and so encourage more shoppers to Broadmead. However, this is only likely to happen if Broadmead continues to offer a good shopping experience, which should be offered by the re-imaging acompanying Cabot Circus. The main aim of the urban realm improvement works therefore is to help blend, as far as possible, the different retail areas so and there is less the distinction between them and so Broadmead does not suffer by comparison. Cabot Circus is a 150 shop/hotel/restaurant complex. It also features a 13 screen Cinema De Lux. It cost £500 million to build. There is parking for 2,500 cars with 24 hr security (but there are charges). Cabot Circus' innovative design, striking architecture and fashion-led mix of stores are set to put Bristol in the top ten on the UK's retail ladder. The central area's breathtaking and elegant glass shell-shaped roof, creates a light, airy, open environment and is a unique feature of the lively centre. The restored Dominican friary buildings feature shops, restaurants and apartments, making the new Quakers Friars the focal point of the cosmopolitan public square. The car park provides a direct link, via a pedestrian bridge, for shoppers to safely cross Bond Street without encountering vehicles. Cabot Circus won „Regeneration Scheme of the Year‟ in 2009 Management of Broadmead/Cabot Circus The Broadmead Business Improvement District (BBID) was started in November 2005 with the aim of ensuring that existing Broadmead is well placed to benefit from the potential increase in trade through the opening of Cabot Circus. It proposed to improve the urban realm to create a better shopping environment & more seamless transition between the new & existing retail areas. Vacancy levels have historically also been low in Broadmead but were set to increase given the move of several high street names into Cabot Circus. The BBID aimed to manage this transition and attract new retailers to the vacated Broadmead end of the site. Retailer and investor perception was that Cabot Circus will considerably strengthen the retail offer in Bristol and will be of general benefit to the whole of the City Centre. The decision for Marks and Spencer to remain in situ is a fortunate one for Broadmead as it means at least one key anchor remains outside of this area to act as a draw and footfall generator to this part of Broadmead. This will be reinforced by the new Primark store which will also draw people to the west. The view of occupiers and investors is also that Broadmead may shift toward what would be regarded as value shopping brands rather than high end, which will tend to locate in Cabot Circus. At the Community level West at Work is a partnership set up in response to a series of planned developments across the West of England. It is made up of (among others) the Regional Development Agency, Jobcentre, Connexions, Bath & North East Somerset Council and Bristol City Council. West at Work aims to ensure that residents of Bristol's Neighbourhood Renewal areas can compete for the 4,000 jobs that will be created, by engaging with local residents and employers. A key goal was to target workless people from the most disadvantaged local communities to ensure at least 50% of the jobs were filled in this way. A public/private sector partnership initiative - “Cabot Circus Jobs” - was created to support both the needs of employers and local communities with the aim of providing a skilled local workforce for employers. A series of vocationally specific pre-employment training programmes were developed, to ensure local people had the skills and opportunity to gain jobs. A „Jobs and Skills Offer‟ developed for employers, streamlined recruitment and training processes. Services included promotion of vacancies through advertising job centres, jobs fairs and job matching, as well as long-listing and interviews. More than 90% of Cabot Circus employers took advantage of the services offered through West at Work - making recruitment and training of local people easier and more cost effective for businesses. Estimates show that around 40% of jobs at Cabot Circus have been filled by local people from specific disadvantaged groups or target areas. Is everyone happy with Cabot Circus? There are no food shops in Cabot so despite having a shopping mall on their doorsteps the people of St Judes (area behind Cabot and one of the poorest parts of Bristol) will have to pay serious money for gourmet grub in the Circus or walk half a mile to the nearest convenience store. Other St Jude‟s residents say it‟s taken their views away. “We had views looking over Bristol and could see the balloons going across. Now we can see the back of a car park and the back of a hotel.” The prospect of a wealth of new clothes shops was also not well received by St Judes residents in a BBC report. “There‟s loads of clothes stores on my doorstep already - and these are all going to be expensive.” Even the chance to work in one of the stores does not seem to have been forthcoming for one young woman; “I‟ve applied for jobs down there and heard nothing back from anyone, so how‟s that helping me or anyone else „round here?” At £500m (Half a billion pounds) many people think that if they'd spent half of one percent of that on St Jude's, a lot more local good could have been achieved.