“Breathing new life into forgotten spaces is what we do. It’s what we’ve spent over 32 years doing, starting off with the first Urban Splash project, Concert Square in Liverpool in 1993. From cotton mills to naval yards and former department stores, we’ve taken on lots of projects all with a clear vision: to create better places for people to live, work and play.

“We saw these empty buildings around us that no one loved, and we knew we could transform them. Each building is unique, which is the beauty of restoring existing structures, as the history behind each of them has such a richness that new builds can’t replicate.

“Since starting out, we’ve brought over 60 Urban Splash regeneration projects to life across the country, from Lakeshore in Bristol, the former home of Imperial Tobacco, to Fort Dunlop in Birmingham, the iconic Dunlop Tyres factory."

“We’ve created 6,000 new homes and two million sq ft of commercial space, landing us over 480 awards. But beyond the numbers, the real reward is seeing communities thrive in spaces that were once forgotten.”

“Taking on an old building isn’t easy. It can be complex, unpredictable, and sometimes downright stubborn. But the biggest challenge is often the best part. It pushes us to carefully consider how we make that space fit for the future while retaining its heritage.

“When we were starting out, we were repeatedly told “It will never work” but that only spurred us on to prove everyone wrong – that people wanted to live and work differently in reimagined spaces.”

“We saw potential where others saw problems; whether that was converting mills into apartments like Avro in Manchester, converting a former match factory in Liverpool into workspaces or transforming a forgotten naval yard at Royal William Yard in Plymouth, we’ve always believed buildings are worth saving.”

“One of the great things about old buildings is the stories behind them – you’ll come across inspiring anecdotes from all sorts of people. Whether its tales of nights out in Sankeys (now Beehive Mill in Manchester) or grandparents who lived on the original Streets in the Sky at Park Hill in Sheffield, everyone has a story to tell, and that’s something you just don’t get with new builds.

“We’re not in the business of erasing history. We want to extend it for generations to come. When you inherit a building, you inherit the responsibility to listen to it, respect it and bring it back to life in a way that makes sense for today.”

“Everything we do comes back to our purpose: “To leave this place not less, but greater, better and more beautiful than it was left to us.” This purpose guides all our decisions, big and small, from master planning to the most intricate of design details.

“Over the past 32 years, that purpose has underpinned everything we’ve created, from the early days injecting new life into forgotten corners of Liverpool and Manchester to taking on new spaces and new neighbourhoods up and down the country, and it will continue to guide every place we reimagine in the future.

“We’ve got a variety of exciting projects underway, from reimagining Cole Brothers in Sheffield, to breathing new life into historic buildings across cities like Swansea and beyond. In each place, our focus remains the same – to add value, meaning and beauty to create places where people will want to live, work and play for decades to come. Every building we save is another piece of history given a new chapter, and a continuation of our belief that the most characterful and inspiring places often begin with what already exists.”