The developer behind a new visitor destination in Wirral is working hard to keep the project on track to aid the area’s recovery once the current coronavirus situation has passed.

The Beacon Arts Village development project on the site of Hoylake’s Victorian former town hall started in October 2019, following a grant of £3.64m from the government’s Coastal Communities Fund, which is designed to help seaside places flourish and strengthen their appeal as places to live, work and visit.

The developer and owner of the site, Hylgar Properties, has continued construction work during the national lockdown to ensure that critical works were completed in time and that the building was made safe and weatherproof in the event of a complete shutdown.

All works have been proceeding in line with coronavirus national safety guidelines which have enabled the retention of jobs on the site, as well as keeping the project on track for an opening towards the end of 2020.

The Beacon Arts Village will feature a two-screen cinema, a fine dining restaurant, bar and café bistro, as well as 18 creative studio and retail spaces for artists and makers around a central courtyard.  In subsequent phases upper floors of the development will provide 40 apartments, using private funding.

How The Beacon in Hoylake, Wirral will look once complete

Dave Burke, of Hylgar Properties, says: “Throughout this period our thoughts have been with all those local businesses, and our neighbours, who are finding current events very difficult.

“From the start, the Beacon project has been developed to help inject new life into the town, as well as to deliver sustainable economic growth and job creation for generations to come. With everything going on in the world right now, once it’s all over, The Beacon will be needed more than ever.

“We are fortunate that the government is helping to fund the project, which will make it a new safe business and we are very hopeful that, when complete, it will help accelerate Hoylake’s recovery and we will be playing our part in supporting the economy in Hoylake and Wirral West.

“It is, though, impossible to say now when we will be opening, because our focus is ensuring that we are keeping everyone safe on site while continuing the work in the best and most efficient way we can.

“We have had to adjust our plans, as everyone has in adjusting to this new way of life and however long this situation and its after-effects persist, we are hopeful of delivering some positive news for the area by the end of the year.”

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