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Maghull's plans for Josephine Butler House
Hope renewed
As major developments on the ever-changing Liverpool skyline reach their conclusion - retail colossus Liverpool One and the Arena & Convention Centre chief among many - one area of focus is set to move increasingly into view in the coming years.
The eastern fringe of the city centre, dominated by Hope Street's cultural attractions and the universities, will be one of the main planks of the new-look Liverpool Vision's inaugural business plan.
According to the
Knowledge Quarter Prospectus published recently by the economic development agency, the area turns over £1bn a year GDP and boasts 14,000 full time equivalent jobs.
Plans are being drawn up with Vision and partner organisations for a series of public interventions to create new linkages and squares, improve streetscape, furniture and lighting.
Numerous private developers, including Maghull on Hope Street and Neptune on Lime Street, are driving an unprecedented level of applications for the area through planning. Both Liverpool University and Liverpool John Moores University have bold estates restructuring programmes underway.
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