Queens Conservation Area: March 1987 - The Planning Service

At the southernend of theArea the western side of
UniversityW is visually dominst#l by the tieredspirt
of Elmwood Hd which is located at the Elmwsod
Avenue juircleion with Uniocrsii Rd.Elmwood
Avenue d College Gardens are comprised of office uses
while the Victoriao amaces fmnting the SrraMPillissnd
Malone Rods sucin a mixmeof residential,officeaad
gemera1commercial uses.
Tbg Queen'sUniversiyintheoeam:oftheArctiandlrhe
Befist City Hospital Complexsituated immediatelyto
the west, are majorwbm land uses. Togetkr, they
generate substantialtransient populPtionsand heact a
demandfor flat ancl similar types of rrsidentM
e~rommodation.The Uaiwxsity in particularhas
acquiredland inthe pgst for expansionand for new
development and today m& the majorland owaer in
theGmservationApL
Thes~ofQueen'sCollcge(latcrtobec0mctht
Queen's University)in this part of SonthW t in 1849
was part of the general movementof urban lend uses
~~~thwardfmm the ciryawne which continuestoday.
The officem e WWhas grown up, centredon
University Street eastof Botanic Avenue, extends
through th ConservationAeea to Lisburn Road and
furthersouth to Malme Rosd,It is themesit imporcant
office a n o d e the City Centre. Demand for property
to mvertto &a and s dbusincss use rernaks at a
highlevel and causes competitionbctwtcnthe mditional
educatianaland residentialuses aad thecormnerciel
sector.
Bradbury Place aud LowerBotanic Ave~ueform parr of
thc aedirionalshopping centrefocusedaround
ShafasburpSquarc. Inrecmt yearsthere has bieena
considerable comolidstionand expansionofthis centre
southwr~dsalong the castern side of 3otardc Avenut.
The presence ofalarge studeatmdworkingpopulation
intheamaisa&ocvidentintheg;rowthofmail~~Nice
andrtlatadfadli~inrheg~areaofBotanic
Avenue and in sectionsof UniversityRd.