Urban Splash
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Urban Splash, set up in 1993, is a British company which regenerates decaying industrial warehouses and mills into modern apartments and penthouses as well as construct new build developments. They are mainly based in the northwest cities of the United Kingdom such as Manchester and Liverpool, but have expanded into the Midland an the south, in such places as Birmingham and Plymouth.
Urban Splash are renowned for taking on difficult sites and projects that other developers will not touch, such as the Budenburg Haus Projekte in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, Park Hill, Sheffield, New Islington in Manchester and Lister's Mill in Bradford. They also place a big emphasis on design, employing well respected architects such as ShedKM and Glenn Howells.
Urban Splash are currently developing two landmarks in Birmingham: The Rotunda and Fort Dunlop. Urban Splash have also been chosen to redevelop the Waterfront in Walsall. In 2006 Urban Splash bought the derelict Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare.
Urban Splash was founded by Tom Bloxham, a graduate of Manchester University, whose initial business experience was selling pop posters in Affleck Palace in Manchester. To expand his pop poster business Bloxham branched out a as landlord opening the N4 Arcade adjacent to the Palace. He then expanded in to Liverpool opening a shopping arcade called the Liverpool Palace. He then expanded in to licensed premises with the founding of the Baa Bar in Liverpool with architect and Urban Splash co-founder, Jonathan Falkingham.
Tom Bloxham has recently appeared on the Sunday Times Rich List. In the 2005 list, it was stated that Bloxham had a personal fortune of around £50million. He now resides in Worsley, North Manchester.
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