Demolition work has commenced at a site in the Canning neighbourhood in Liverpool’s Georgian Quarter to make way for a £15 million residential scheme.

Designed by local architects Falconer Chester Hall, the development will comprise 109 apartments for rent, with a mixture of one and two bedroom homes over four upper floors.

The scheme draws influence from the surrounding Georgian terraces in the area.

The site of the former Toxteth Community College on the corner of Falkner Street and Bedford Street will retain some educational use when the development is completed, with women’s training organisation and social enterprise Blackburne House taking 8,000 sq ft of space on the ground floor.

Elliot Lawless of developer Elliot Group, says: “We’re delighted to be on site and getting cracking on what is a key scheme for the neighbourhood as well as for Blackburne House.

“Liverpool has strong appeal amongst retail investors and many return to us again and again to seek further opportunities to invest in the city.  This project and our ‘triple towers’ proposal for Pall Mall are part of our strategy of widening our product range to allow investors to add variety to their portfolios.”

Liverpool-based Mee Group is carrying out the demolition and is scheduled to clear the site by August, with building work commencing the following month.

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