Liverpool City Council has this week granted planning approval for a project which will add to the city’s office supply as well as providing additional retail, leisure and residential space.
Costing around £90 million to deliver, the North Point project is spearheaded by developer PHD1 acting on behalf of investment client Industrial Workshop (Pall Mall). Liverpool architects BLOK designed the scheme in keeping with the vision of the site owner, incorporating modern designs with the area’s heritage to provide a visually pleasing and flexible space for business tenants.
The project will see a large brownfield site on Pall Mall refurbished and brought back into economic use, thereby enabling the further expansion of Liverpool’s city centre. It will also necessitate the demolition of a number of existing buildings from 70-90 Pall Mall, with work on this aspect expected to begin in July and the overall completion date set for November 2017.
Chairman of PHD1, Peter McInnes, welcomed the decision by the city council.
He said; “We are delighted with the approval and the positive reaction to our plans.
“This is a hugely exciting project for us and, we believe, for the city – North Point will establish itself as a distinct destination, open up a different kind of urban living and take the expansion of the city centre outwards in a new direction.
“It also adds to our growing portfolio of development projects within the city which add up to some £600 million worth of investment.”
The key features of the wide-ranging scheme will include 366 residential apartments, numerous ground floor retail and café/bar units and extensive high quality office space on the ground, first and second floors of the development. It will also incorporate additional leisure facilities including a third floor gym, a split level restaurant on the fifth and sixth floors with exterior terrace and a spa facility on the tenth and eleventh floors, also with an external terrace.
As a means of improving the environmental impact of the project, new technological initiatives will be incorporated during the construction process and extensive roof gardens will be created for the use of residents and visitors. Liverpool’s industrial heritage will also be given a nod, as the developers will retain the old warehouse frontages at the site.
Managing director of BLOK, Antonio Garcia, states that these factors formed a key part of the design process.
He continues; “We wanted to create a development that will be hugely appealing on several levels – as a place to live, work, relax and socialise.
“It will be a high quality setting for a whole range of activities from new start-up businesses to a luxurious spa that will help animate this part of the city.”
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