The News Letter, which claims to be the oldest continually published English language daily newspaper still in existence, was originally located in the area at 55 Donegall Street, site of a massive Provisional IRA carbomb in March 1972, in which seven people died and 148 were injured.

The site contains commercial offices, call centres, small business units, housing, cafés & restaurants, the Radisson Hotel and an award-winning public landscaped park.

The Gasworks has been internationally recognised as a key example of brownfield regeneration in Europe and has won numerous awards in relation to all aspects of its development.

In March 2006, the government gave the go-ahead for a £300m regeneration of a run-down part of Belfast city centre, in the Cathedral Quarter, which could create up to 2,000 jobs.

Northern Ireland Railways provide access on the Belfast Suburban Rail network with stations in proximity to the city centre.