The developer

We build neighbourhoods, not blocks.

Plotline turns forgotten industrial land into mixed city districts — and stays on to run them. Ropewalk Quarter is our fifth.

Massing model of Ropewalk Quarter

The rope works on the Eastbank closed in 1981. For forty years the site was a car park with a long brick shed in the middle. We bought it in 2019, kept the shed — now the Loft — and spent two years designing the quarter with the people who live around it.

We hold every commercial space ourselves and curate who moves in, so the ground floors stay full of local businesses, not empty windows. Our own team manages the streets, the square and the market hall.

How we work

Four rules we don't break.

  1. 1

    Ground floors first

    We let the shops, kitchens and workshops before we sell the homes above them.

  2. 2

    Keep what's good

    Old buildings, old trees and old street names stay. They give a new place a memory.

  3. 3

    Streets for people

    Cars stay at the edge. The inner streets belong to children, bikes and café tables.

  4. 4

    Mix everyone in

    Affordable, mid-market and open-market homes share the same entrances and gardens.

Our quarters

Five districts since 2008.

  • 2008

    Gasworks Yard

    180 homes, 40 workshops

    Complete
  • 2013

    Tannery Lane

    260 homes, a school and a covered market

    Complete
  • 2017

    Printworks Kade

    340 homes and the city's largest co-working

    Complete
  • 2021

    Mill Island

    220 homes on a former flour mill

    Complete
  • 2026

    Ropewalk Quarter

    412 homes, 18,000 m² workspace

    Selling now

The team behind the quarter

Three architects, one masterplan.

  • Masterplan & the TwineOffice Vanmeer
  • The Ropery & the LoftBrick & Rafter Architects
  • Spindle TowerHollis Mora Studio
  • Landscape & squareGroundworks Collective
  • Noor HaddadFounder & CEO
  • Joris van TielDevelopment Director
  • Amaka EzeHead of Sales
  • Lucía FerrerCommercial & Leasing
  • Pim KuiperCommunity Manager
  • Sara LindSustainability Lead