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October 2014 another master plan was announced, this time led by Cardiff based real estate development company Rightacres Property, including one million square feet (9.3 hectares) of new office space and a 200-bed hotel. The master plan was being overseen by
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halted redevelopment plans until after the war. A new bus station was opened in 1954, and a new office building, Marland House, was constructed to the east of the bus station.
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to improve the immediate area. As a result, from 1930 the
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