Visitors to Liverpool’s iconic Hope Street bring an estimated £81 million a year to the city, according to new research. ‘The Impact of Hope’ report was launched during a special event yesterday (29 March), outlining the economic benefits and other contributions the area and its key players make. The document by the ... Read More...
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Liverpool City Council has revealed the next phase of its vision for the former International Festival Gardens site. The local authority is seeking a development partner to help it create a “cultural garden suburb” with the potential to include up to 2,500 new homes at the waterfront location. The development - which is envisioned ... Read More...
New residential blocks forming part of Liverpool’s Paddington Village scheme could be scaled back following a public consultation into the project. Responding to feedback given during the process, Liverpool City Council has amended its Spatial Regeneration Framework (SRF) which will set out key principles and design parameters for the project moving ... Read More...
Liverpool City Council has confirmed there is scope for its 'Ten Streets' regeneration project to include some residential development. The initiative, which aims to transform a rundown area of the city's northern docklands into a new creative hub, could also bring a limited number of new homes to Liverpool city centre. Outlining ... Read More...
Scores of new homes were given the green light at Liverpool City Council's latest planning meeting. Among the approved developments is a residential scheme near the Royal Liverpool Hospital comprising 1,007 student flats and 142 apartments for “key workers”. The £100 million project, which will stand at 14 storeys tall and will also ... Read More...
An industrial unit close to Liverpool’s universities could be transformed into new student accommodation. The Pomona Street building, which has previously been used as a storage and distribution facility by Everkool Limited, could be brought back into full use if plans are given the go-ahead. Turning the building into a house of ... Read More...
A £100 million housing scheme featuring more than 1,000 student rooms could be built on the edge of Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter. The proposed development, which would be located behind the new Royal Liverpool Hospital, aims to provide accommodation for hospital staff as well as homes for student nurses and doctors. Split across ... Read More...
Construction work on the £39 million regeneration of Lime Street is set to get underway before the end of the year. The massive scheme will include a 101-bedroom Premier Inn hotel, 28,000 sq ft of retail and leisure space and a 412-bedroom student accommodation block. Regeneration and private rented sector (PRS) firm Sigma, ... Read More...
A £6.5 million student development in Liverpool city centre has reached full capacity thanks to strong investor interest from overseas. All 94 studios at Pembroke Studios have been sold off-plan, six weeks after work on the redevelopment of the Salters Building began. Developer Yu Property Group (YPG) is behind the six-storey 40,000 ... Read More...
Construction work is now underway on 94 new student homes in Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter. Developer Yu Property Group has confirmed the £6.5 million project has started to transform the city’s Salters Building into Pembroke Studios. The mixed-use scheme, which is being built by the company’s commercial arm YPG Developments Ltd, will feature ... Read More...