New plans revealed for Lime Street include three new restaurants, a coffee shop, a basement cocktail bar and a performance auditorium.

The plans, revealed to by Neptune Developments, are the latest proposals for the stretch of buildings along Lime Street, which include the Futurist cinema and other historic buildings.

Key to the proposal is a complex with TV studios and production facilities in the former ABC Cinema. A new TV music chat show with a transatlantic link to New York has been devised  as a ‘core idea’ underpinning the business case for the redevelopment and has reportedly attracted attention from media companies, collaborators and promoters. The venue will also cater for live music performances and host restaurants and a cocktail bar.

Liverpool music entrepreneur Mark Cowley, who is behind the TV show idea, says: “We have been working for over a year on the project and have already had massive interest and support from leading media companies, collaborators and promoters. This is a fantastic building and has all the versatility and space we need, for what will be a unique media and performance destination.”

The proposals also include demolition of the Futurist cinema because the building is in disrepair, while student accommodation will take up the upper floors of the proposed buildings. The designs for the buildings between The Crown and The Vines pubs include back-lit metal panels and also hints at widened footpaths for pedestrians in the future.

Steve Parry, managing director of Neptune Developments says: “The consultation has been very helpful. It has given us a chance to re-think the project in a wider context that looks at Lime Street’s history and its future within a rapidly changing and dynamic city centre. The new design is more urban, more visually dramatic and more integrated. It’s very much part of an emerging vision for the whole of Lime Street and its surrounding area.”

The plans will go before Liverpool planning committee at the end of July with a public consultation taking place on 23 July.

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