Liverpool City Council has approved plans for a £200 million redevelopment of the city’s Chinatown district.

Following a unanimous decision in support of North Point Global’s scheme, work on the project is set to begin early in the New Year, with the first phase scheduled for completion by the middle of 2017.

The mixed used development will deliver 850 new homes, business, leisure facilities and a hotel, all built around a unique Chinese retail core.

Highlighted by the government as one of the key project’s within the Northern Powerhouse initiative, the scheme is backed jointly by North Point’s Chinese investment partners and the UKTI’s Regeneration Investment Organisation.

Peter McInnes, chair of North Point Global, says: “ Today’s decision is great news and is the culmination of six months of very intensive work by our design, development and planning team.

“This is potentially one of the most exciting and original developments being delivered in the UK today. New Chinatown will be creating a city within a city, and we see enormous potential for additional phases and creating a destination of international scale and appeal.”

Antonio Garcia, lead architect on the scheme for BLOK Architecture, adds: “From the beginning we have had a vision for an essentially Chinese development that will breathe new life and vibrancy into an historic but recently declining area.

“The Chinese theme has informed our design philosophy, the mix of uses and in particular the new retail and commercial core that will become a major new destination within the city.”

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