Demolition, salvage start for Pierhead Project

C O Williams on Wednesday mobilised salvage and demolition teams on The Pierhead in Bridgetown to pave the way for the multimillion-dollar Pierhead Project.

The company has been on site since September 2023 undertaking site preparation works such as the erection of construction hoarding and protective shielding for the Blackwoods Screw Dock. Some important timber salvage work commenced earlier in March.

This marks the start of a number of years of phased development activity at this location, following a full planning permission grant from the Barbados Ministry of Planning in late 2023. This government approval includes all necessary heritage protections for this important UNESCO World Heritage site.

The planning permission provides for the construction of three main buildings which will continue to be named the Steel Building, the House of Pillars and Bridge House. The project is designed around the themes of ‘live, work and play’ in a mixed use development that will combine apartment living on the upper floors with a number of food and beverage offerings plus retail and a first class visitor attraction that can incorporate the conserved Blackwoods Screw Dock. In addition a Beach Club located on the Pointe will operate to open up Carlisle Beach and Bay for all.

The developer is Neville Isdell, former Chair and CEO of Coca-Cola who has been a resident of Barbados for more than twenty years and the advisory team is led by Sir Paul Altman of Altman Real Estate. (PR)