Bristol Development Corporation

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Bristol Development Corporation
Formation	1989
Extinction	1995
Headquarters	Bristol
Official languages	English
Chair	C Thomas
Key people	G M Collinge

The Bristol Development Corporation was established in 1989 to develop parts of eastern Bristol. Its flagship developments included the Bristol Spine Road. During its lifetime 1.3m sq.ft. of non-housing development and 676 housing units were built. Around 4,825 new jobs were created and some £235m of private finance was leveraged in. Circa 180 acres (0.73 km²) of derelict land was reclaimed and 4.1 miles (6.6 km) of new road and footpaths put in place.^[1]

The Chairman was C Thomas and the Chief Executive was G M Collinge. It was dissolved in 1995.