Baltic Triangle and Queens Dock Areas

[marky]

Isn't there a certain length of time, after which the site gets condemned?

[Kev]

GOOD NEWS:

New investors and developers are keen to snap up the site and restart work on the luxury housing development.

Matt Dunham, of accountants BDO Stoy Hayward, who was appointed joint administrator for the site said: “There has already been considerable interest from a range of developers.

“We are not marketing it at the moment because we have to clear some legal points, but hopefully we will get that cleared up in the near future to get the site sold or moved on.”

He said the inquiries he has already received include approaches from “major developers.”

“It is a great site and just right for 2008. An opportunity like that doesn’t come along every day.”

source....

[snappel]

Despite a lack of cranes, I revisited the site to climb the service core. Tricky, but do-able...

[Kev]

Thanks Snappel.

[scouserdave]

Weather wasn't good for piccie taking, I'm afraid....well that's my excuse!

[Ernie]

Sad to see Corn Hill, the way it is. I signed on a good few ships there at the
shipping office.
Ernie.

[Kev]

PLANS to build dozens more apartments in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle are set for approval. Developer Ergo wants to demolish industrial buildings off Jamaica Street.

[Kev]

THE emergence of the Baltic Tri- angle as a city centre fringe development zone has been given a major boost with the go-ahead for a series of multi-million pound projects.

The triangular-shaped area – stretching from Parliament Street to Wapping is a collection of Georgian and Victorian brick warehouses and modern industrial units.

But it has become a prime development area because of its closeness to Grosvenor’s adjoining £1bn Paradise Street development area.

The city council’s planning committee has approved a project that creates a homes scheme designed to look like a traditional warehouse.

Local developers Ergo plan to refurbish an old stable block, once used as a livery for dockland shire horses, and build 72 self-contained apartments once a series of modern warehouses are cleared. There will also be five commercial units and a basement car park for 46 vehicles. It is hoped work on the site – bounded by Brick Street, Jamaica Street, Jordan Street and Flint Street – will start next year.

The plan was devised by Duke Street-based architects A2, whose principal, Dylan Jones, said: “We have devised a scheme that is in keeping with the area. Instead of one big block, we decided to break it up into smaller units. Ergo is a local developer and we are delighted to be given the chance to work on such an impressive project.”

Ergo has also won permission for a mixed-use development on a site in Jamaica Street. The scheme will see the development of 127 self-contained live/work units, as well as a number of commercial units.

A second developer, LAG Prichard, has been given permission to build a 151-bedroom hotel on another Baltic Triangle site in Shaws Alley.

The site, known as Kings Dock Mill, falls within the World Heritage buffer zone, and is part of a so-called zone of opportunity where development is being encouraged.

larryneild

[marky]

Brick Street August 2007. Toxteth.net has a good selection of pics from the area...
http://www.toxteth.net/maps/liverpool/lpool1a.htm

[Diane]

Is the Baltic Fleet pub still there? I always remember it stood on its own?

[Kev]

It is, still standing proud

[Diane]

nice one Kev ! i used to go out with a lad from Liverpool and i used to drive past that pub and i always thought it was such an unusual building ! im so glad theyve not knocked it down - YET !

I remember a pub further down from there, on the way out of liverpool, it stood on its own also, the name had something to do with the sea? I cant remember what it was called but we used to go in there a lot !

[Waterways]

Is the Baltic Fleet pub still there? I always remember it stood on its own?

When the docks were in full swing it didn't - surrounded by buildings. It always looks forlorn to me.

[kenotoole123@msn.com]

I was in this Pub last Summer and it was quite busy...They sold a selection of their own 'Home Brewed' beers...Yummy...http://www.quaffale.org.uk/php/brewery/714

[woody]

I was in this Pub last Summer and it was quite busy...They sold a selection of their own 'Home Brewed' beers...Yummy...http://www.quaffale.org.uk/php/brewery/714

A number of SSC guys, always seem to end up at the Baltic, it was in need of extra custom to keep it a-float. When ACC open next January , its trade should increase, long may it continue to pull