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    A WORLD-CLASS commercial quarter in Liverpool, rivalling in size the £920m Paradise Street development, was yesterday given the go-ahead by city planners.

    The approval by Liverpool City Council's planning committee paves the way for a 1.5m square foot development of office and commercial space between Tithebarn Street, Pall Mall and Leeds Street. It represents the biggest commercial scheme in the city's history.

    Liverpool Vision, the council-backed regeneration company, won planning consent for a masterplan that will see high-quality buildings around squares and along new tree-lined boulevards on what was formerly Exchange Station.

    The landowners, Israeli-owned Hilstep and its development partner NCP, who currently lease the land as a surface car park, will spearhead the development, expected to cost hundreds of millions of pounds.

    As businesses move into the office blocks, it could have the potential to bring up to 3,000 jobs to the city.

    Last night, Vision's chief executive, Jim Gill, said: "We are delighted that our master-plan has won approval. We are seeing the retail expansion by Grosvenor, in Paradise Street, but so far we have had no comprehensive site for a commercial development on this scale. This is the last site available in the city centre where a development of this scale could be accommodated.

    "It will help Liverpool compete with its major rival cities for office space.

    The past few years have seen renewed developer and investor confidence in the city centre office market through the success of schemes at Princes Dock, Temple Square, 101 Old Hall Street, City Square, St Paul's Square and the speculative scheme at Unity.

    "The idea of a masterplan means we can create a modern, quality environment.

    "Commercial space in Liverpool is being taken up at the rate of 400,000 sq ft a year, so we believe there will be demand in this new quarter. Interest in the site is already being shown by potential occupiers, and that is in advance of detailed plans."

    The office blocks on the site will be complemented by new public spaces and associated car parking.

    Hilstep, NCP and Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), will now pursue expressions of interest from developers keen to gain a foothold in Liverpool's rapidly-expanding office market.


    The outline planning consent means developers can now advance detailed planning applications for specific developments.

    Mr Gill added: "There is serious developer interest in the Pall Mall site, which will become Liverpool's premier business address with the potential for over 3000 new jobs."

    Liverpool council leader Mike Storey said: "We are successfully addressing the problem of the lack of high quality office space which held the city back and this development will mark a giant step forward for the business district."

    Paul Lakin, NWDA area manager for Merseyside, said: "This decision paves the way for a major new commercial quarter that will breath new life into the city centre."

    A masterplan, drawn up by London-based Urban Initiatives, was commissioned by Liverpool Vision, Liverpool Council and the NWDA.

    It has been the subject of extensive consultation with local businesses and landowners.

    Scheme will include 322 apartments

    THE site spans just under four hectares and once housed Exchange Station and the adjoining engine sheds.

    The station closed in the 1970s when the new Merseyrail system was opened. The station frontage was transformed into an office complex, Mercury Court, while the land behind became a car park.

    As well as 1.25m sq ft of offices the plan envisages 322 apartments, a large multi storey car park, underground parking, retail and leisure facilities such as restaurants and bars, and open spaces.

    There are two tunnels, carrying trains on the Northern line. The land above the tunnels will become green squares.

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    Sounds really good.

    The big shock that I had when looking to move back here was the lack of jobs (especially in Software / Computer Programming) that Liverpool had on offer. Over the course of a year I applied to exactly 0 jobs in Liverpool, due to none being advertised.

    In the same time I attending a number of job interviews in Manchester, Preston and Lytham. The only downside of my current job is the travel between Liverpool & Manchester. (Although possibilities of working from home are starting to open up! )

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    I live just accross the road from this new development - Interested to see how / if it will affect us.

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    I dont think there will be any significant highrise scouse-scrapers. The area is ahuge car park at the moment.
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    Wormella, a word of warning,

    Whilst the plans sound good and it will be good for the city centre, if there is anything you or your neighbours are concerned about then make sure you put it in writing and get a response, if you feel you are bieng passed over then object against whatever it is you have concerns about.
    Go to every meeting or request a copy of the minutes.

    If you read any of my other posts on this forum you will know why i say this.

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    I've uploaded so pictures to show just how clase we are. Really anything to does something with the quite scary expannse of carpark and stops this bit of town feeling quite so unloved is very welcome.
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    wow, u are very close

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    I told you I was excited about it!

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    Be warned, but then again Wormella you do live in the 'new part' of the city,
    it might only be those of us that live in houses say 30 years old and older that they don't care about.

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    ENGLISH Cities Fund has been named as the preferred developer for the proposed 1. 5m sq ft commercial property development at Pall Mall.

    The fund, a joint venture between Amec Developments, Legal & General and English Partnerships, beat competition from a joint venture between CTP and Development Securities to clinch the 15-year project.

    The scheme will see the redevelopment of land currently occupied by an NCP car park between the rear of Mercury Court and Leeds Street.

    The Urban Regeneration Company sees the scheme as vital to the renewal of Liverpool city centre's office stock ECF is currently constructing two 100,000 sq ft office buildings at the adjacent St Paul's Square, which edges on to Old Hall Street.

    The scheme is the brainchild of urban regeneration company Liverpool Vision and forms part of the masterplan for the redevelopment of Liverpool city centre.

    Liverpool Vision chief executive Jim Gill said: "They clearly have a lot of experience in the area. They have demonstrated their commitment through what they are already doing at St Paul's Square.

    "The landowner must have thought they were the people most likely to deliver what was wanted.

    "This is good news in that we now have a development partner to work with, but we still have a long way to go before anything exciting happens.

    "Pall Mall is a major development opportunity and a key element in our strategy for Liverpool's commercial district.The creation of a major new business destination in the city centre will bring enormous benefits to the region's economy and satisfy demand for high quality commercial space.

    "We welcome the news that ECF has been selected as preferred developer for this important site, but there remains a considerable amount of work before legal arrangements are finalised, develoment proposals are confirmed and we see work beginning on site."

    The first phase will be a multi-storey car park.

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    Building Four forms part of Liverpool’s Central Business District. As lead designers and master planners of this area, RHWL have set new standards in delivering sustainable urban regeneration. This flexible mixed-use scheme offering approximately 1.5 million sq ft of commercially led development is central to Liverpool’s economic future. The design of Building Four is a contextual response to an environmental brief, generating 10% of energy needs from on-site sources, whilst developing solutions which reduce energy consumption by 25%. A flexible, multi let, low cost office solution, may appear at odds with a highly specified, energy efficient, green building, but our design shows they are not mutually exclusive.

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    Thanks Kev. Is that last one being built on the side of Raliegh House (the scabby bit that sticks out on the right), or is there a gap? Raliegh House is meant to be going and will be replaced by an 18 storey office tower, reinstating th Old Hall Street building line.
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    On the back of RHWL's master plan, our client English Cities Fund has landed one of the largest city centre schemes outside London. This is a project we have been working on for nearly four years. Having secured phases one and two, which consist of six buildings that provide 350,000 sq ft of mixed use space, we entered into competition with eight other consortia to develop the final phase. It has now been confirmed that our proposals have been successful. It's full steam ahead on what will become Liverpool's new Central Business District.
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    This is massive for Liverpool I can't wait to see this one get up and running.

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