Woods Bagot has submitted plans for a £175m mixed-use proposal for a site on the edge of Bristol city centre.

The architect was appointed last summer after developer First Base bought the site with a view to creating a scheme featuring modern workspace, new homes, an apartment hotel, cafés and restaurants – in conjunction with the council.

The Soapworks district will centre around the grade II-listed Victorian former base of soap and candle firm Christopher Thomas & Brothers, which has more recently served as a homeware showroom for city department store Gardiner Haskins.

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