More details of the £85m Kings Quarter project in Gloucester, known as The Forum, have been revealed by developer Reef Group, in partnership with Gloucester City Council.

The Forum will create a vibrant new social and digital campus for the South West and with more than 125,000 sq ft of new versatile office space, it will be developed alongside a shared workspace club and an innovation hub designed for emerging cyber businesses and incubator businesses.

This will sit alongside a 116-bedroom four-star hotel, a 9,000 sq ft gym, restaurants, shops, bars and cathedral view apartments.

Esther Croft, Development Director at Reef Group, said: “This is set to create one of the UK’s first truly integrated digital societies and will provide the space and the infrastructure to build a seamless link between city centre living and working, in a new social and digital hub. We will shortly be putting forward more detailed plans and holding a public consultation for people to take a closer look.”

As part of the 600,000 sq ft masterplan for The Forum, there will be a multi-storey car park, alongside over one acre of public realm and landscaping work.

Cllr Richard Cook, Leader of Gloucester City Council said: “Not only will we have a large-scale digital campus which will attract significant investors to the city, but a superb newly regenerated area of the city for residents and visitors.”