SO16_Saint Posted 9 September, 2014 Share Posted 9 September, 2014 Did this ever happen?? If so, they need a new Marketing person.... not heard anything about them http://www.movehut.co.uk/news/southampton-warehouse-to-be-transformed-into-shipping-container-shopping-centre-21340/ http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11174859.Shipping_containers_stored_in_warehouse_to_be_turned_into_shopping_mall/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 9 September, 2014 Share Posted 9 September, 2014 Did this ever happen?? If so, they need a new Marketing person.... not heard anything about them http://www.movehut.co.uk/news/southampton-warehouse-to-be-transformed-into-shipping-container-shopping-centre-21340/ http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11174859.Shipping_containers_stored_in_warehouse_to_be_turned_into_shopping_mall/ Its a great idea - I have read stories where they have been made into hotels .... was going to in China - but it's London https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=hotel+made+of+shipping+containers+in+london&biw=1366&bih=622&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=xNkOVLcOh6_sBuPDgLgB&ved=0CD0QsAQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO16_Saint Posted 9 September, 2014 Author Share Posted 9 September, 2014 Its a great idea - I have read stories where they have been made into hotels .... was going to in China - but it's London https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=hotel+made+of+shipping+containers+in+london&biw=1366&bih=622&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=xNkOVLcOh6_sBuPDgLgB&ved=0CD0QsAQ Yeah, some of the houses look great and an excellent way to recycle. I liked the sound of the shopping mall idea, about time Southampton had some 'different' shops rather than the usual highstreet ones... shame it appears not to have taken off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 9 September, 2014 Share Posted 9 September, 2014 Did this ever happen?? If so, they need a new Marketing person.... not heard anything about them http://www.movehut.co.uk/news/southampton-warehouse-to-be-transformed-into-shipping-container-shopping-centre-21340/ http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11174859.Shipping_containers_stored_in_warehouse_to_be_turned_into_shopping_mall/ If they do it as well as Box Park (@ Shoreditch High Street station), then it's a brilliant idea to get new, interesting shops started. No different to a fixed 'market' I guess in reality, but just looks better and no packing stuff away every night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 9 September, 2014 Share Posted 9 September, 2014 My guess, you can chalk that one up to "Health & Safety". Means of escape? Sprinklers? Smoke extract? etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 9 September, 2014 Share Posted 9 September, 2014 My guess, you can chalk that one up to "Health & Safety". Means of escape? Sprinklers? Smoke extract? etc etc Unlikely, considering there is something very similar in Shoreditch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 9 September, 2014 Share Posted 9 September, 2014 If they do it as well as Box Park (@ Shoreditch High Street station), then it's a brilliant idea to get new, interesting shops started. No different to a fixed 'market' I guess in reality, but just looks better and no packing stuff away every night The one in Shoreditch isn't really new or different shops when I went there, just established brands using it as something different. Was still good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 9 September, 2014 Share Posted 9 September, 2014 There's been one in Christchurch New Zealand since the earthquake. http://retaildesignblog.net/2013/02/05/shipping-containers-restart-shopping-mall-christchurch-new-zealand-2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 9 September, 2014 Share Posted 9 September, 2014 The one in Shoreditch isn't really new or different shops when I went there, just established brands using it as something different. Was still good though. Yeah it's a weird mixture - one of my offices is at Shoreditch almost opposite Box Park so I get to have a nose around every so often - but you're right, generally it's some bigger brands trying to be funky in getting one of those units, but there are some new little names popping up. The doughnut place is really nice There is a guy who sells printed t-shirts and I think an accessories unit that aren't established. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 9 September, 2014 Share Posted 9 September, 2014 We unloaded loads of containers this year that were to linked together as a hotel. They were already fitted out as rooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 9 September, 2014 Share Posted 9 September, 2014 Did this ever happen?? If so, they need a new Marketing person.... not heard anything about them http://www.movehut.co.uk/news/southampton-warehouse-to-be-transformed-into-shipping-container-shopping-centre-21340/ http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11174859.Shipping_containers_stored_in_warehouse_to_be_turned_into_shopping_mall/ If you look at "The Commitments" from about 1988 you'll see a container being used as a shop on a downtrodden Dublin Estate, certainly nothing new per se, perhaps a whole shopping mall made up from containers is though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 10 September, 2014 Share Posted 10 September, 2014 Unlikely, considering there is something very similar in Shoreditch. Nope. Shoreditch is outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO16_Saint Posted 10 September, 2014 Author Share Posted 10 September, 2014 semantics. Yes, the containers are outside, but they're containers none the less... same as what was proposed here i guess? Still, shame nothing seems to have come of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 10 September, 2014 Share Posted 10 September, 2014 Get into your containers, slaves. It's all you deserve. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2450762/Shipping-containers-rented-London-homes.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 10 September, 2014 Share Posted 10 September, 2014 Get into your containers, slaves. It's all you deserve. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2450762/Shipping-containers-rented-London-homes.html Should put the containers back on a ship with all that sort boxed up in and let the ship sail to somewhere. An island would be good. How about a large island in the southern hemisphere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 10 September, 2014 Share Posted 10 September, 2014 The Millbrook proposal "...100 shipping containers arranged within a 20,000 sq ft warehouse " is nothing like Shoreditch. Getting all the regulatory approvals to do that is no picnic. And it won't be cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 10 September, 2014 Share Posted 10 September, 2014 The Millbrook proposal "...100 shipping containers arranged within a 20,000 sq ft warehouse " is nothing like Shoreditch. Getting all the regulatory approvals to do that is no picnic. And it won't be cheap. Don't be so anal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 10 September, 2014 Share Posted 10 September, 2014 Through work, have encountered these guys doing clever stuff with a shipping container on a roof of a shopping centre in Stratford, currently working on scaling up to a commercial level. Pretty impressive people, if you like social/sustainable enterprise types. Could work nicely in Millbrook... http://www.growup.org.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 11 September, 2014 Share Posted 11 September, 2014 Don't be so anal. Ah thanks for that. Both helpful and informative, you should contribute to more threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydie Posted 14 September, 2014 Share Posted 14 September, 2014 Ah thanks for that. Both helpful and informative, you should contribute to more threads. Tbh, he does have a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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