Apr 01 - Ocean Village Prepares for a Prosperous Summer Season
Summer 2014 looks to be a particularly prosperous season for Gibraltar’s Ocean Village with the impending re-opening of Zest wine bar and new Asian wok restaurant, Shanghai Gardens. Commenting on other works along the marina, Marketing Manager for Ocean Village Sandra Lamplough said, ‘the opening of Sunborn Gibraltar is perfectly timed for us. Not only are the promenades of Ocean Village getting busy with footfall en-route to wine, dine and overnight in five-star style, we’re also seeing a number of other projects come to fruition including additional berths, office space, new eateries and bars, and the now customary summer live music programme on Leisure Island.
‘And, speaking of programmes, Channel 5 is deliberating a third series of the documentary Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun, which received higher than expected ratings and audiences up to 1.9 million viewers. Exciting times ahead.’
Eco friendly office building Trinity House is also set to open this month, with further office space on top of the ‘sails’ which reach into the Marina hot on its heels for a May opening. These two structures alone will bring a hundred more office jobs to Ocean Village, while many hundreds more will be created one minute’s walk away at 45 million pound World Trade Center Gibraltar which will break ground soon and be ready for occupation by the end of 2015.
Sandra Lamplough further notes that the dredging work to ease Sunborn Gibraltar into place resulted in an ‘inevitable, but minimal, loss of available berths. Work is now underway to reconfigure the pontoons, create more berths, and connect Ocean Village to Marina Bay by a fixed walkway.’
