Financial Times 6th September 2009
Sun 6th Sep 09 - 14:23

Floating Concepts, a Manchester-based company promoting such developments, this month installed its first "show boat" in Coburg Dock, Liverpool, north-west England, ahead of a planned scheme, and is seeking a 150-year lease on 4.5 acres of Salford Quays, Manchester, on which to build a modular houseboat-style, mixed-use scheme.  Floating homes are similarly under consideration as part of plans by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority.

"Floating homes or houseboats seem a much better use of redundant docklands than filling them in and building on them," argues David Beard, Floating Concepts' Chief Executive.  "It is still a radical idea to some.  It's building on water.  You just need a different kind of foundation."

6th September 2009 - The Financial Times

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