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Alright fellas
Pleased this has now been resolved. I have always been pissed off that the 2nd proposal got the knock back but am warming to the idea. It's a massive project and a massive investment that is great news. **** loads of jobs and will transform a virtually unknown part of town.
Still hate the interferring *****s though.
...a part of town that has always been the same ever since i was born, welcome Richie :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
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Cheers for the welcome Kev
no probs :PDT_Aliboronz_24:Quote:
Originally Posted by richie1878
This development will be great for that part of the city as it will just bring everyting together; that is all the Paradise Street and the Lime Street Gateway work.
One problem though, which I am unsure will be resolved, Central Station is the main station for the retail centre of the city. Consequently it is very busy and is infact running over capacity. Now, do these plans take a possible upgrade/expansion of Central Station into consideration?
THE developers behind the £160m Central Village scheme in Liverpool have acquired
additional sites in nearby Bold Street to "book-end" the huge project.
Merepark and Ballymore have acquired 21-25 Bold
Street from Legal and General for an undisclosed sum, as part of a plan to enhance the experience at the 600,000 sq ft Central Village
scheme.
Plans for the two-storey building include opening up the interior and adding another floor as well as giving the exterior a modern glass
frontage.
The building is currently occupied by Greggs, Eddie Rocket's and Resurrection who will continue to trade as normal. The Subway site on the
corner of Newington and Bold Street, which will provide pedestrian access directly into Central Village's public square, has also been acquired.
Merepark
director Richard Peel said: "Our aspiration is to continue the momentum being generated in the Bold Street area and these acquisitions will help us to do
that."Enhancing these gateways will connect Central Village with Bold Street's more established retail offer."
Merepark and Ballymore added the former
Wades furniture store at 9-19 Bold Street, which backs onto the Central Village site, to its portfolio at the end of 2005.
This has now been refurbished
into three retail units - home to fashion retailer Drome and Costa Coffee. American bar chain Telo has also confirmed a 15,000 sq ft letting.
Work is
expected to start in early 2007 on the 25-storey tower and a 20-storey mid-rise building, nicknamed Spencer and Hepburn, after
film legends Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. Two nine-storey and one five-storey buildings will sit alongside.
The development will be phased
over four years.
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Wow,:celb (23): how good is Liverpool
going to look.
Now we are talking, thats beautiful!! Fingers crossed it starts soon, unless there's a public enquiry into something orQuote:
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other!!! Any start date?
Fabulous ! :celb (23):
The city centre looks nicer always at
night on picture.
Early next year andQuote:
Any start date?
it's scheduled to finish in 2011.
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This in my opinion is one of the best developments happening here at the moment,I can't wait for them to get on site and get this one moving.
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More renders courtesy of Bammy.
They sort of remind me of the Unity tower but without the cuboid penthouse on the top.
One of the benefits (?) of getting older is that you remember earlier schemes that never got past the planning stage.
Round about 1969 there were plans for a new cinema behind Central Station, and there have been other schemes since.
I love the first tall glass tower, but I'm not so keen on the two smaller replacements.
I never was keen on Unity right from the start when the first drawings appeared in "Your Move" (but I love the Beethams).
how do you feel about the Unity now it's up?
I always like the Atlantic Tower, it was the best designed hotel of that era, would you believe though that people complained at the time that it didn't fit in with the rest of the area. :037:
Birse are fixing the walls before work gets under way on Central Village.
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Thanks Paul, I was wondering today when work was to begin :PDT_Piratz_26:
well work has finaly started the car park has closed down to so soon we will loose all traces of the old liverppol central station forever :(
DIY retailer Rapid Hardware is considering selling its paint shop on Renshaw Street to the property company behind the Central Village development.
The hardware store, which has struggled in recent years due to the effects of Liverpool’s Big Dig roadworks on trading, is in early stage talks with property group Merepark. Although the price under discussion has not been disclosed, the property, on the corner of Newington Street and Renshaw Street, could be worth millions of pounds.
The post-war concrete and glass store building would be demolished to make way for access to Merepark’s Central Village shops and residential towers scheme. continues.....
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Work will start this year on the revised 25-storey and 20-storey mid-rise buildings, nicknamed Spencer and Hepburn, after film legends Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn – she was the taller of the two. Two nine-storey and one five-storey buildings will sit alongside.
i aint really happy at all about this development we are looseing all traces of old liverpools stations what confusess me is how can they make the view look nice the site is surrounded by old backs off buildings and wallsit looks so scruffy
yes its the old station when liverpool central first opened it was all on that land quite a few traces are left i will show the rare hard to see bits on my site soon www.oldliverpoolrailways.tk i took photos
Great for that area. seems so long ago now that i used to seel newspapers with my Uncles outside Central Station, (my Uncles are still selling there today) MY FAMILY HAVE SOLD NEWSPAPERS OUT SIDE CENTRAL STATION SINCE IT WAS FIRST BUILT
wow thats a long time dont sopose any photos where took would of loved to see what the underground was like before the loop line was built also the old booking hall the only old photos of central station seem to be of the outside from main road and train shed on the high level
I'd like to see enormous "muriels" decorating the backs of these buildings. It'd be better than leaving them as they are. I suppose they could use railway themes in this area.
This could be done on boring gable ends of terraced houses as well a la belfast without the bigotry. We have talented graffitti artists in the city (apparently) who would be happy to oblige legally for a change.