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 "slug": "cardiff-rof-cardiff",
 "type": "industrial",
 "name": "ROF Cardiff",
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 "state": null,
 "country": "UK",
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 "original_use": "munitions factory, Atomic Weapons Establishment",
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 "year_closed": 1997,
 "acres": null,
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 "before_notes": "Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: Former ROF Cardiff, an industrial site and Atomic Weapons Establishment, was redeveloped into major housing developments and a public open space after closing in 1997.",
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  "regreen"
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 "status": "built",
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   "name": "Closed 1990s",
   "grp": "era",
   "evidence": "1997",
   "origin": "newtypes-extraction"
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   "slug": "era-retrofit-1990s",
   "name": "Retrofit 1990s",
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   "origin": "newtypes-extraction"
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   "slug": "place-mall-cluster",
   "name": "3+ other atlas sites within 10 km",
   "grp": "place",
   "evidence": "4 within 10 km",
   "origin": "computed"
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   "slug": "strategy-redevelop",
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   "origin": "record"
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   "slug": "strategy-regreen",
   "name": "Regreened",
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   "slug": "use-church",
   "name": "Church and worship",
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   "origin": "newtypes-extraction"
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   "slug": "use-housing",
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   "slug": "use-park",
   "name": "Park and open space",
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   "origin": "newtypes-extraction"
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   "quote": "ROF Cardiff",
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   "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
   "retrieved": "2026-10-18"
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   "year": 1940,
   "kind": "opened",
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   "id": 5717,
   "site_id": "n-6af7f3a936",
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   "year": 1997,
   "kind": "closed",
   "detail": "Closed",
   "share": null,
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   "verified": "draft"
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   "id": 5718,
   "site_id": "n-6af7f3a936",
   "date": null,
   "year": 1997,
   "kind": "retrofit",
   "detail": "Retrofit: redevelop, regreen",
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   "what_happened": "ROF Cardiff, a former munitions factory and Atomic Weapons Establishment (opened 1940, closed 1997), was retrofitted in 1997 under a 'redevelop, regreen' strategy. New uses include housing and park space. Post-retrofit, housing developments by George Wimpey (Parklands), Barratt (Ty Glas Square), Leadbitter (Llys Enfys), and later Bellway/Persimmon/Charles Church were built. The site is adjacent to HM Government buildings (proposed) and other built clusters within 10km. Unknown: exact park size, housing density, or environmental metrics.",
   "why": "Record confirms retrofit strategy, timeline, and developer-led housing projects. Context clusters (e.g., HM Government buildings) are noted but not detailed in the site's record.",
   "where_it_stands": "A completed retrofit with housing as primary new use, aligned with peer sites that closed in the 1990s and adopted similar strategies.",
   "for_a_planner": [
    "Adjacent to proposed government buildings",
    "Housing developments already underway"
   ],
   "for_a_developer": [
    "Existing housing projects by major developers",
    "Regreen strategy implies park integration"
   ],
   "risks_and_unknowns": [
    "No data on park implementation",
    "No details on housing mix or community impact"
   ],
   "data_quality": "partial",
   "one_line": "Former AWE site retrofitted 1997 to housing/park; housing projects by major developers underway; adjacent to proposed government buildings.",
   "model": "qwen3-30b-a3b-64k:latest",
   "machine": "Dell 5820 RTX 3090 (Ollama, qwen3-30b-a3b)",
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     "name": "HM Government buildings at Parc T\u0177 Glas",
     "city": "Cardiff",
     "status": "proposed",
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     "name": "Bonded Warehouse",
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     "name": "Orchards complex",
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     "name": "Atlantic Wharf",
     "city": "Cardiff",
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     "km": 1.4
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   "count_25km": 4
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  "peers": {
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     "id": "n-4d791ab853",
     "name": "Camarillo State Mental Hospital",
     "city": "Camarillo",
     "state": "CA",
     "score": 6.5,
     "why": [
      "opened 1936",
      "closed 1996",
      "same strategy: redevelop"
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    {
     "id": "n-ab2a7f57d8",
     "name": "Shanghai Jiangwan Airport",
     "city": "Shanghai",
     "state": null,
     "score": 6.5,
     "why": [
      "opened 1939",
      "closed 1994",
      "same strategy: redevelop, regreen"
     ]
    },
    {
     "id": "m-585dc57c2e",
     "name": "St Charles Mall",
     "city": "St Charles",
     "state": "IL",
     "score": 5.5,
     "why": [
      "closed 1995",
      "same strategy: redevelop"
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    {
     "id": "m-2bd2cb975c",
     "name": "Muskegon Mall",
     "city": "Muskegon",
     "state": "MI",
     "score": 5.5,
     "why": [
      "closed 2001",
      "same strategy: redevelop"
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    {
     "id": "m-b8b81de54b",
     "name": "Rockville Mall",
     "city": "Rockville",
     "state": "MD",
     "score": 5.5,
     "why": [
      "closed 1995",
      "same strategy: redevelop"
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    {
     "id": "m-5f44df2309",
     "name": "Cinderella Mall",
     "city": "Englewood",
     "state": "CO",
     "score": 5.5,
     "why": [
      "closed 1997",
      "same strategy: redevelop, regreen"
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  "year_closed": "newtypes-extraction",
  "status": "newtypes-extraction",
  "after_notes": "newtypes-extraction",
  "year_retrofit": "newtypes-extraction"
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