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LIVERPOOL’S MAYORAL
DEVELOPMENT ZONES:
Review of achievements 2012-2017
(February 2018 revised edition)
Liverpool’s Mayoral Development Zones - Review | 1
2012-2016
Foreword
On becoming Mayor of Liverpool in April 2012, I made a
series of commitments which included creating 20,000 new
jobs in the city. Making such a commitment at that time,
whilst the country was in the middle of a crippling recession,
coupled with a series of unprecedented government cuts
being imposed on Liverpool, was always going to be a tall
order.
But Liverpool is a city that I passionately believe in. I have
often said that the city’s best years are to come, and I truly
believe that over the last four years we have proven what is
possible to achieve against all the odds.
Key to the success of this important commitment is how this
City Council can work with other agencies and partners,
pulling together the resources needed so that we create the
opportunities to work with new and existing businesses, in turn
helping them to grow and create those new jobs.
To do this, over the last five years, the city has focussed its
attention on five key Mayoral Development Zones and two
Enterprise Zones, each chosen as areas with the most
potential for generating employment, particularly for local
people in adjacent residential areas where jobs are vitally
needed.
We have used our land resources, connections and
partnerships to provide the sites, support and opportunities to
attract businesses to invest in these zones. Since early 2012,
over £2.45 billion worth of development within them has seen
existing jobs safeguarded in new and refurbished offices,
warehouses, industries, health facilities, schools and colleges.
This document looks back at the achievements over the last
five years across the five Mayoral Development Zones and
the Liverpool City Enterprise Zone.
And it doesn’t stop there! Another £1.3 billion is currently on
site in these zones, providing some 1,589 new jobs when all
the space created is filled. The City Council is also looking at
innovative new ways to increase its rental income from
purchasing key properties or land through the “Invest to
Earn” initiative, or through investing in expanding businesses
such as Liverpool John Lennon Airport so that it can share in
future profits to reinvest in our services.
I hope after reading about the great strides this city has
taken and continues to deliver, you will agree that Liverpool
remains an increasingly attractive place to invest and do
COVER PHOTO: TOP LEFT – BARCLAYS CALL business.
CENTRE, WAVERTREE TECHNOLOGY PARK
(CENTRAL LIVERPOOL); TOP RIGHT – T.J. MORRIS, Joe Anderson, OBE
G-PARK (STONEBRIDGE CROSS); BOTTOM – “L175”,
LIVERPOOL INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PARK, (SOUTH Mayor of Liverpool
LIVERPOOL)
Contents Starting Point: Origin of the Zones 1 Value added (what the Council does to help) 3 North Liverpool Mayoral Development Zone 5 South Liverpool Mayoral Development Zone 9 Stonebridge Cross Mayoral Development Zone 13 Central Liverpool Mayoral Development Zone 17 Knowledge Quarter Mayoral Development Zone 21 Liverpool City Enterprise Zone 25 Liverpool Waters Enterprise Zone 31 Summary of Totals 35 Liverpool’s Mayoral Development Zones - Review | 3
Starting Point: Origin of the Zones
The last five years has seen Liverpool show The Mayor took responsibility for developing the
a remarkable resilience in a post-recession strategic vision of the city, promoting Liverpool and the
City Region at home (opening our “Liverpool in London”
period with over £5.2 billion worth of office) and abroad, and implementing a single
completed investment since January 2012 investment programme package that included:-
having brought new jobs and training a new Enterprise Zone for North Liverpool and the
opportunities, 12 new schools and over Central Business District which offers incentives for
5,000 new homes. Today, the city is companies to set up business in Liverpool and
experiencing its highest ever levels of encourages existing city-based business to grow;
investment with some £1 billion being the potential to capture the entire benefit of any
invested each year, and more schemes in growth in business rates from the Enterprise Zone
for use in five other key economic areas of the city
the pipeline. – North Liverpool, the Knowledge Quarter in the
city centre, Stonebridge Cross, the Eastern
A significant boost to the city’s ability to promote,
Approaches (Central Liverpool) and Speke-Garston
encourage, foster and facilitate this investment and
(South Liverpool) areas (referred to as Mayoral
development activity came about when the new
Development Zones or MDZs).
Mayor of Liverpool came into office in May 2012.
This had been brought about by changes introduced In addition, the deal has seen the Mayor acting as the
through the Localism Act 2011 and the updated chair of an investment board – the Mayoral Develop-
Local Government Act 2000 which allowed local ment Corporation – to oversee the Local Finance for
authorities to hold a referendum to change their Growth package and all of the land, commercial and
governance arrangements to an elected mayor. residential buildings including the assets that were
previously owned by the North West Development
Liverpool embraced this opportunity which offered Agency, much of which sits inside these zones.
the chance to form a new governance model for the
city, the powers and resources of which would be Now, five years on, this document looks back at what
primarily supplied by the City Deal agreement with has been achieved in the Mayoral Development Zones
the Government. This deal has seen the establish- and the Liverpool City Enterprise Zone, as well as the
ment of the first Mayoral Development Corporation developing aspiration for the proposed £5.5billion
outside London, supported by a Local Finance for Liverpool Waters development which is set to be
Growth package worth an initial £130 million. delivered in the coming decades.
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MAYORAL DEVELOPMENT ZONES: Garston
NORTH LIVERPOOL
KNOWLEDGE QUARTER
STONEBRIDGE CROSS
CENTRAL LIVERPOOL
SOUTH LIVERPOOL
Liverpool John
LIVERPOOL CITY CENTRE Lennon Airport
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Value added (what the Council does to help)
Liverpool is a city with a wealth of talent, opportunities – including Council or other public
skills, land and property opportunities which owned sites wherever possible – to potential
investors, or to existing companies based in the city
can benefit companies seeking a base to wishing to find land or premises in which to expand.
operate and flourish. Our task is to identify
the opportunities and bring investors to the Once an opportunity has been identified, interested
table along with all the back-up needed to investors/companies are supported through the
range of financial support options for businesses such
encourage them to see Liverpool as the right as the Mayoral Investment Fund. For qualifying
location for their business. Although some investment projects, the support on offer may involve
of what has been achieved in the Mayoral equity, loan or funding packages. The City is within an
Development Zones will have happened assisted area and as a result there is flexibility in the
naturally, the Council has been and remains provision of funding packages available. The City also
has the City Enterprise Zone which can offer incoming
actively involved in helping several major businesses certain financial benefits to provide
projects come to fruition. assistance in site assembly or preparation where
possible contamination exists, amongst others.
Our priorities are to encourage investment that
brings positive benefits to the city in terms of jobs, The Regeneration Development Team supports
education and training facilities, and greater housing developers and investors deliver their projects, from
choices, all of which form part of the Mayor’s concept stage through to completion. Planning &
pledges. Our citizens need access to training to Building Control officers offer guidance where
improve their skills, well paid job opportunities, and a necessary through the planning stages, whilst advice
good choice of both rented and homes to buy in is also given by the Heritage and Urban Design Team
order to keep them within the city limits as Council where buildings need to be successfully meshed into
Tax payers. the urban fabric in sensitive environments such as the
city’s commercial World Heritage Site that forms a
The City Council provides support through a number major part of the Liverpool City Enterprise Zone.
of teams with a regeneration focus, and Liverpool
Vision, all of whom work together to market the city In North Liverpool in particular, the Development
and showcase potential development sites and Team has worked closely with Liverpool Football
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1. Briggs Automotive, makers of the BAC Mono sports car, Speke,
South Liverpool.
2. Mercedes Benz Roanza Van, Derby Road, North Liverpool.
3. “The Hangar”, Capital & Centrica’s latest industrial units
Club and Registered Social Landlord partner Your completed in December 2015 at Liverpool International
Housing Group on the £260million Anfield Project. Business Park, South Liverpool.
The scheme has not only seen LFC’s stadium seating
capacity expanded and a new square created, but our 4. Apprentice training programme, North Liverpool.
housing policy officers have led on a major refurbish- 5. Liverpool John Lennon Airport – now with LCC as an investor.
ment programme which has seen outstanding results
in refurbishing dilapidated terraced housing, bringing 6. Refurbished terraced homes, part of the £360 million Anfield
vacant homes back into use for local residents. Regeneration Programme, North Liverpool.
In addition, the Council has become a third party
In terms of strategic forward planning, the council investor in the development of Liverpool John Lennon
engages with major players and partners. In the case Airport which has seen an increase in passenger
of the Knowledge Quarter Mayoral Development Zone numbers, airlines and destinations served over the past
this includes the Council’s involvement with the year. Investment will be used to further improve
Knowledge Quarter Board that includes representatives facilities for passengers and airlines, with the Council
from Liverpool Vision, the two universities, the Royal able to share in any profits made as the airport
Liverpool University Hospital, both cathedrals and the continues to develop.
School of Tropical Medicine. The Board works to guide
the implementation of the Knowledge Quarter Under the innovative “Invest to Earn” initiative, the
Strategic Investment Framework, a blueprint document Council is able to borrow money to invest in property or
outlining the partners’ joint vision for the development schemes that have potential to earn income. Since 2012,
of the zone. the scheme has helped protect and create 1,600 jobs,
generated new economic growth, increased business
Partnership working has also brought other benefits. rate income and delivered commercial returns of up to
Liverpool Science Park, located next to the Metro- 15%. This includes the purchasing of the Cunard Building
politan Cathedral, is a joint-owned business shared which earned £1.3 million in its first year and has the
between the City Council, the University of Liverpool potential to bring in a further £2 million in rents once
and Liverpool John Moore’s University. Its £8 million new businesses and ventures have moved in; and the
IC3 facility, completed in March 2014 was part funded Finch Farm sports training ground which the Council is
by the partnership, with the balance being provided by now renting back to Everton Football Club and other
the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). sporting clubs and bodies, generating a monthly income.
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North Liverpool MDZ
The largest of the Mayoral Development Zones, RETAIL/LEISURE
North Liverpool covers the area stretching from
the expanse of Liverpool’s docks in the north to In order to enhance the Everton Valley area as a desirable
the edge of the City Centre’s commercial business suburb in which to live, and supporting the many
opportunities which currently exist for high quality
core. Not only does it include a swathe of residential development, St Modwen’s “Project Jennifer”
traditional industrial and warehousing sites has provided a new district centre on Great Homer Street.
alongside the river, it also reaches eastwards into The existing “Greatie Market” was relocated in order to
Everton Valley to encompass rapidly regenerating make way for a new £50 million development that included
residential suburbs and district shopping centres. a Sainsbury’s store and other non-food retail units,
McDonalds, petrol station, open market, community
facilities and leisure uses. Over 250 new jobs arrived when
WAREHOUSING/MANUFACTURING the bulk of the building completed in autumn 2017.
Being located close to the Port of Liverpool, North Liverpool North Liverpool is also home to both of the city’s football
is perfectly poised to provide additional warehousing and clubs. Whilst plans for Everton FC are still at an early stage,
storage opportunities arising from its proximity to the Liverpool FC’s £120 million redevelopment of its main stand
recently completed £300 million “Liverpool 2” deep water completed in September 2016. The scheme is part of a
freight-handling facility. £360 million regeneration of the Anfield area that is also
seeing over 600 terraced homes refurbished or
Cooking oil manufacturer New Britain Oils has invested redeveloped, along with improvements to existing shops, a
£40 million at its plant in Regent Road since it opened in business hub, new public square and a proposed new hotel.
2010. In April 2012 it built a new £9 million packing
warehouse next to the existing facility, creating 30 new
jobs. In early 2015 the plant was bought by Malaysia-
NORTH LIVERPOOL MDZ
based Sime Darby Plantation for £1.07 billion and
production has been ramped up due to high demand for
its products, taking the total workforce to 70.
STATISTICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
SINCE APRIL 2012 (as at February 2018)
Great Howard Street and Derby Road form the main artery
route into the city from Southport, Lancashire and the north.
With some 25,000 vehicles using the corridor each day, the £433m Investment value (plus £178m
housing/student accommodation)
location has become popular with car showrooms and trade
counters. Redsun Developments completed its £4 million
Canada Dock Exchange scheme in February 2017. The first 761 New jobs opportunities created
phase of 30,000 sq ft was pre-let to CCF Ltd (Travis Perkins
Group), whilst Screwfix Ltd were amongst the first
businesses to open in the second 35,000 sq ft phase. 382 Existing jobs safeguarded
RENEWABLE ENERGIES £187m Potential investment value of
schemes with or seeking
North Liverpool is enjoying a growth in firms specialising in permission (excluding housing)
waste to fuel technologies.
In October 2013, Olleco Energy completed a specialist 363 Potential new jobs to be
biodiesel plant capable of producing 16 million litres of created by proposed schemes
biodiesel. It is the UK's largest purpose built plant
dedicated to producing biodiesel from used cooking oil, and
in 2014 the company installed its first Anaerobic Digestion 1,555 New homes built
(AD) plant to provide the heat and power needed to Average
operate the biodiesel plant. This has helped Olleco to step
closer to achieving its vision of 100% resource recovery by
producing a biodiesel that saves over 95% GHG emissions
447 New homes currently on site
compared to fossil fuels.
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1. Olleco Energy’s purpose built bio-diesel plant in Foster 4. Canada Dock Exchange – Phase 1 was completed by
Street is the UK’s largest such facility. Redsun Developments in May 2016. Phase 2 followed
in February 2017.
2. Anfield Business Centre completed its £1m
refurbishment in July 2012. The facility is capable of 5. Relocation of the Greatie Market off Great Homer
offering fully serviced office units and conferencing Street was completed in October 2014, creating new
facilities, with space for 200 jobs. and improved space for 160 existing retail jobs.
3. Liverpool Football Club’s £120 million extension of its 6. St Modwen’s “Project Jennifer” saw a new Sainsburys
main stand is acting as a catalyst for wider regeneration store and additional retail units built as part of a major
in the Anfield area that will include commercial, offices, new district centre.
a training hotel and new homes.
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Walton Hall
Park
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H-10
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H-12
Port of H-7 H-25
Liverpool
H-37 H-6
H-8
EFC
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H-18
A8 C2 H-16
A17 H-10 Stanley Park
H-6
A1 A4 A18
H-50 H-31
A2 H-21 H-10 Anfield / H-20
H-245 A15
H-12
Rockfield Hsg LFC
H-6 Refurbs
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A10 H-110
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A20 S-21
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H-20 H-7 A3 H-8
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Everton
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Park
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Location of recently completed, current and
proposed major development schemes
A COMPLETED NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHEMES H PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL SCHEME (WITH NUMBER OF
UNITS)
B NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHEMES CURRENTLY ON SITE
S COMPLETED STUDENT ACCOMMODATION SCHEME (WITH
NUMBER OF STUDENT BEDROOMS)
C PROPOSED NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHEMES
S STUDENT ACCOMMODATION SCHEME CURRENTLY ON
COMPLETED RESIDENTIAL SCHEME (WITH NUMBER SITE (WITH NUMBER OF STUDENT BEDROOMS)
H
OF UNITS) S PROPOSED STUDENT ACCOMMODATION (WITH NUMBER
OF STUDENT BEDROOMS)
H RESIDENTIAL SCHEME CURRENTLY ON SITE (WITH
NUMBER OF UNITS) SITES WITH FUTURE EMPLOYMENT GENERATING POTENTIAL
Liverpool’s Mayoral Development Zones - Review | 7NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHEMES WITHIN THE NORTH LIVERPOOL MAYORAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE
MAP ADDRESS DESCRIPTION DEVELOPER JOBS CREATED / COST COMPLETION
REF SAFEGUARDED DATE
COMPLETED SINCE APRIL 2012
A1 New Britain Oils, 45 Derby New packing warehouse New Britain Oils Ltd 30 new jobs £9m April 2012
Road created
A2 Olleco Energy, Foster New cooking oil biodiesel plant Olleco Energy 10 new jobs £7.2m May 2012
Street/ Birchall Street created
A3 Anfield Business Centre, 58 Refurbished fully serviced office Anfield Business Space for 200 £1m Summer 2012
Breckfield Road South space with conference suite Centre jobs when full
A4 Bankhall Fire Station, New combined fire station and Merseyside Fire & No new jobs £4m November
Derby Road operational resource centre Rescue Authority created 2012
A5 Notre Dame Catholic New school to replace existing Liverpool City No new jobs £16.2m August 2013
College, Great Homer St on another site Council created
A6 Milstead Primary School, Replacement/extended Liverpool City 20 new jobs £6m September
Iliad Street primary school Council created 2014
A7 New “Greatie” Market, New market hall (first part of Liverpool City Safeguards the £2.2m October
Great Homer Street Project Jennifer) Council existing 160 jobs 2014
A8 Former Veolia Site, Conversion to metal recycling European Metal 12 new jobs £0.5m October
Bankhall Lane facility Recycling Ltd created 2014
A9 Vacant site adjacent to New single storey steel framed Higson Edwards 24 existing jobs £0.4m February
steelworks, Luton Street warehouse extension (Steelstock) Ltd safeguarded 2015
A10 United Utilities, Wellington Infilling of dock to create United Utilities 28 existing jobs £198m May 2015
Dock secondary water treatment plant safeguarded
A11 Cabbage Hall Inn, 20 Extension and conversion to Dales Manage- 49 new jobs £2m July 2015
Breck Road hotel ment Co Ltd created
A12 Venmore Stroke Rehab To convert day care facility to Liverpool City 19 new jobs £0.75m July 2015
Unit, Venmore Street offices Council created
A13 Everton Free School, Extension of free school to cater Everton Community 30 teaching jobs £4.5m September
Spellow Lane for 200 students Education Trust safeguarded 2015
A14 Mercedes Benz Roanza Replacement vehicle Roanza Ltd 15 safeguarded; £1m November
Van, Derby Road showroom 4 new jobs 2015
A15 Stanley Park Refurbishment and resurfacing Liverpool City No new jobs £3.2m August 2016
of paths/car park Council created
A16 Liverpool FC Stadium, Refurbishing/extending existing LFC & Athletic Safeguards 125 £120m September
Anfield Road stadium. Grounds Ltd existing staff 2016
A17 “Canada Dock Exchange”, New distribution warehouse with Redsun 100 new jobs £4m February
Derby Road/Bankhall Street ancillary trade counters Developments Ltd 2017
A18 “Hotel Tia”, 21 Anfield Road Conversion to 9 bedroom bed & Mr J Ansnes 7 new jobs £0.25m March 2017
breakfast hotel
A19 LFC Football Shop, Walton New retail store Liverpool Football 60 new jobs £2m July 2017
Breck Road Club
A20 Project Jennifer, Great New District Centre with St Modwen 250 new jobs £50m Autumn 2017
Homer Street Sainsburys superstore, petrol Developments plc promised in the
station, B&M plus other non-food in partnership with various services
retail units, McDonalds, open Liverpool City and facilities
market, community facilities and Council
leisure use, light industrial units.
A21 Cemex UK Ltd, Regent To erect asphalt manufacturing Cemex UK Ltd 12 new jobs £1m October
Road plant with weighbridge, control 2017
room and staff welfare facilities.
MAP ADDRESS DESCRIPTION DEVELOPER STATUS COST POTENTIAL
REF JOBS
PROPOSED (as at February 2018)
C1 New Merseyside Police Site identified for relocation of Merseyside Police Application £45m Jobs to be
Headquarters, St Ann Street police headquarters Authority anticipated safeguarded
C2 Greenway Environmental, New two storey storage building Greenway Permission £1m 3 new jobs; 12
Redfern Street with incorporated offices Environmental granted June existing
2014 safeguarded
C3 The Anfield Project New commercial and office Liverpool City Detailed £140m 360 new jobs
premises around Anfield Square, Council/LFC/Your planning
along with a new 100 bed Housing Group/ applications
training hotel and new homes Keepmoat anticipated
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Attracting high value jobs, significant levels of BIO-PHARMACEUTICALS
investment and modern, well-connected business
premises, South Liverpool is one of the city’s South Liverpool is also a recognised as one of the UK’s key
most sought-after locations sitting close to locations for bio-pharmaceuticals. Both Eli Lily and
Medimmune have invested more than £40 million in new
Liverpool John Lennon Airport and the South and extended facilities since the end of 2013, whilst
Liverpool Parkway Transport Interchange with its Novartis completed a new £5million warehouse next to its
links to the national rail network. Since the early existing facility off Speke Boulevard. Kays Medical
2000s, the zone has been transformed with high completed a new £5 million complex at Windward Drive in
December 2017 bringing 150 new jobs.
quality, handsomely designed business parks and
an infrastructure fit for 21st century businesses,
RETAIL/LEISURE
whilst over 2,000 new jobs have been created
here since the start of 2012. Along with the rapid growth of popular new housing
schemes, the zone has seen similar investment in retail
AUTOMOTIVES facilities. Taskers opened a 100,000 sq ft homeware and
furnishings store off Speke Hall Road in November 2015,
South Liverpool’s reputation for automotives saw new- bringing 100 new jobs. Meanwhile, the owners of the
comer on the block Briggs Automotive create 60 jobs when successful New Mersey Shopping Park off Speke Road have
it opened a new factory in a refurbished warehouse at commenced work on a £60 million plan to revamp the site
Compass Industrial Estate, close to the airport, in early with a new multiplex cinema, restaurants and new retail
2014. The 60 staff now produce four of its single-seater BAC units to add to the existing offer, bringing 400 new jobs.
Mono supercar per month, and the company’s order book
is overflowing as it supplies the vehicles to customers
across Europe, America and Asia. The factory is just a short
distance away from the Jaguar Land Rover plant. SOUTH LIVERPOOL MDZ
STATISTICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
WAREHOUSING AND LOGISITICS SINCE APRIL 2012 (as at February 2018)
The large, flat sites created from the former Liverpool
Airport airfield attract companies requiring large footprints £193m Investment value (plus £90m
for warehousing. Having created 600 jobs when moving housing)
into its first £40 million 650,000 sq ft warehouse at “The
Vault” on Liverpool International Business Park in 2009, 2,075 New jobs opportunities created
retailer B&M built a second £20 million 500,000 sq ft
warehouse called “The Cube” in January 2014, bringing a
further 300 jobs. Two months later, this was followed by a
1,620 Existing jobs safeguarded
vehicle maintenance unit bringing an additional 30 jobs.
£23m Investment value currently on
In March 2014, Johnson Controls relocated from site (plus £33m housing)
neighbouring Knowsley to a new £9 million headquarters at
Liverpool International Business Park. In doing so, it added
50 new staff to its existing 450.
400 Potential new jobs to be
created by schemes on site
Average
Genesis Business Park at Estuary Commerce Park opened in
August 2012, bringing over 80,000 sq ft of light industrial/ £69m
house Potential investment value of
warehousing space providing space for 240 jobs. price schemes with or seeking
Companies who moved in included business centre permission (excluding housing)
(2014)
operator “Business First” and insecticide developer and
Potential new jobs to be
distributor Yanco. In February 2014, Capital & Centric
completed nine small light industrial units and seven small
1,598 created by proposed schemes
distribution warehouses at “Speke Business Park” off
Goodlass Road, creating space for over 100 new jobs. 792 New homes built
Other warehousing schemes recently completed include Average
“The Hangar” and “Innovate:Speke” at Venture Point, 224 New homes currently on site
together providing space for 300 jobs.
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1. The Briggs Automotive Company opened a new factory at 4. B&M’s 500,000 sq ft, £20 million “The Cube” warehouse
Compass Industrial Estate to build the BAC Mono opened in early 2014, bringing 300 new jobs.
supercar.
5. The new £44 million Merseyside Police HQ at Leeward Drive,
2. The 44,000 sq ft Genesis Business Park was completed in Estuary Commerce Park will safeguard over 1,200 jobs when
August 2012, creating space for 140 jobs. it opens in spring 2018.
3. Taskers Home Stores opened their new 100,000 sq ft 6. Owner Speke Unit Trust is currently investing £60 million at
store in November 2015, bringing 100 new jobs. New Mersey Shopping Park, creating 400 additional jobs.
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H-12 H-28 H-68
H-132
Garston A18 C2 A13
Village C1
C1 A11
A14 C11
A6
C10 A17
H-16
Venture
C6 C5 Point
Port of B1
C3
Garston H-169 C4 A4
A9
H-11 A24 A10 A16
H-10 H-19 A2
A23 H-214
A3 A1
Estuary Commerce H-30
A15 Park H-54
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C8
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Liverpool International A8 A7
Business Park C9 H-4
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A20 C7 H-12 H-140
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Liverpool John
Lennon Airport
Location of recently completed, current and
proposed major development schemes
A COMPLETED NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHEMES H RESIDENTIAL SCHEME CURRENTLY ON SITE (WITH
NUMBER OF UNITS)
B NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHEMES CURRENTLY ON SITE
H PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL SCHEME (WITH NUMBER
C PROPOSED NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHEMES OF UNITS)
H COMPLETED RESIDENTIAL SCHEME (WITH NUMBER SITES WITH FUTURE EMPLOYMENT GENERATING
OF UNITS) POTENTIAL
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NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHEMES WITHIN THE SOUTH LIVERPOOL MAYORAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE
MAP ADDRESS DESCRIPTION DEVELOPER JOBS CREATED / COST COMPLETION
REF SAFEGUARDED DATE
COMPLETED SINCE APRIL 2012
A1 Estuary Business Park: New 4 x 2 storey commercial Genesis Space for 140 new £6m October
Genesis Business Park units with car parking Business Park jobs created 2012
Ltd
A2 Shop Direct, Estuary New photographic studios Shop Direct No additional jobs £1m October
Commerce Park within existing building created 2012
A3 B&M "The Cube", Liverpool New distribution warehouse B&M 290 new jobs £20m December
International Business Park created 2013
A4 Medimmune, 5 Two storey and first floor office/ Medimmune 50 new jobs £9m December
Renaissance Way laboratory extension at side. created 2013
A5 B&M Maintenance Unit, New warehouse/vehicle B&M 30 new jobs £1m February
Dakota Drive maintenance unit created 2014
A6 "Speke Business Park", 7 warehouse and 9 office units Capital & Space for 70 new £5m February
Land off Goodlass Road with car parking Centric jobs created 2014
A7 Compass Industrial Estate Refurbishment of 370,000 sq ft Network Space for 400 jobs £1m February
industrial workspaces Space 2014
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REF SAFEGUARDED DATE
COMPLETED SINCE APRIL 2012
A8 Johnson Controls, Liverpool New industrial unit/office Johnsons 50 new; 400 existing £9m March 2014
International Business Park building with car parking jobs safeguarded
A9 Medimmune UK Ltd, New central utilities building for Medimmune Not disclosed £10m March 2015
Renaissance Way boiler plant chillers UK Ltd
A10 Speke Hall Avenue: Land New petrol filling station and Euro Garages 30 new jobs £1.75m April 2015
off Speke Boulevard Starbucks Drive through created
A11 Eli Lily, Fleming Road To erect four storey extension Eli Lilly And Co 25 new jobs £30m March 2015
within facility and install plant Ltd created
A12 Liverpool John Lennon Extension/refurbishment of Liverpool John No new jobs £1m June 2015
Airport departure lounge at airport Lennon Airport created
A13 Taskers Store, Speke Hall New Taskers store, car repair Cherokee 100 new jobs £2.5m November
Road/Edwards Lane centre and car hire centre. Properties Ltd created 2015
A14 Port of Garston New 42,000 sq ft bulk handling ABP Ports No net new jobs £2.2m December
facility 2015
A15 “The Hangar”, Liverpool Development of two 20,000 sq ft Capital & 80 new jobs to be £2.5m December
Inter-national Business Park industrial workspace units Centric created 2015
A16 Novartis, Site 2, Gaskill Road New warehouse with office Novartis No net new jobs £5m December
space and parking 2015
A17 “Innovate:Speke” Speke To erect 4 light industrial units Redsun 220 potential jobs £10m December
Business Park, Evans Road Developments when full 2015
A18 Plot 1, Spitfire Road New industrial unit with open Valedown Ltd 35 potential new £5m January 2016
plan production area jobs when full
A19 “L175”, Cell 11, Liverpool New industrial/distribution centre Peel Investments 280 potential new £7.5m September
International Business Park with associated access. (North) Ltd jobs when full 2016
A20 Gefco, Liverpool 130,000 sq ft new warehouse for Marshalls 100 new jobs to be £10m May 2017
International Business Park Gefco created
A21 Liverpool John Lennon Refurbishment of departure Liverpool John No new jobs £4m June 2017
Airport lounge Lennon Airport
A22 Aldi, 249 St Marys Road To erect new Aldi food store with Aldi Stores Ltd 25 new jobs £2m July 2017
associated parking
A23 New Merseyside Police HQ, New 3 storey offices building with Merseyside 1,220 jobs £44m November
Leeward Drive dog kennels and exercise area Police safeguarded 2017
A24 Kays Medical, Windward To erect 3 storey office block / Kays Medical 150 new jobs £3.5m December
Drive, Estuary Business Park warehouse / distribution centre 2017
ON SITE (as at February 2018)
B1 New Mersey Shopping Park Refurbishment with new cinema Speke Unit Trust 400 new jobs £23m June 2018
and restaurants, reconfiguring of
retail units, etc.
MAP ADDRESS DESCRIPTION DEVELOPER STATUS COST POTENTIAL
REF JOBS
PROPOSED (as at February 2018)
C1 Land at Spitfire Road 9 new industrial units each with Valedown Ltd Outline permission £10m 320 new jobs
integral office accommodation granted Dec 2014
C2 131-149 Triumph Way To erect two light industrial units Valedown Ltd Permission granted £1m 10 new jobs
with parking September 2017
C3 Medimmune Uk Ltd, Plot 6 To erect single storey laboratory Medimmune Uk Permission granted £5m No net new
Renaissance Way with external hardstanding for Ltd July 2016 jobs
new AHU
C4 Former Rayware site, Speke New B&M retail store/garden T.J. Morris Ltd Outline approval £7m 320 new jobs
Boulevard centre, offices and industrial granted April 2017
C5 Venture Point, Plot 3, Evans 2 storey office block with MIH Permission granted £1.5m 20 new jobs
Road attached warehouse October 2014
C6 Former Tea Factory, Speke New industrial/warehouse units, Towerbeg Ltd Outline permission £20m 800+ new
Hall Road offices, restaurants & hotel. granted August 2014 jobs
C7 Kirkby Tyres Ltd, Speke Hall To erect 8 storage sheds with Kirkby Tyres Ltd Permission granted £2m 40 jobs
Avenue ancillary office accommodation June 2016 safeguarded
C8 Actavis Biologics Ltd, New storage warehouse for Actavis Permission granted £10m 8 new jobs
Estuary Commerce Park packing and raw materials June 2014
C9 “The Hive”, Cell 9, Liverpool To erect two new warehouses of Marshalls Permission granted £8m 80 new jobs
International Business Park 45,000 sq ft each June 2016
C10 Land adjacent to 38 Speke To erect warehouse unit for use Mr T Griffin Permission granted £0.6m 10 new jobs
Road as a leisure unit July 2016
C11 Former Garston Public New retail development with Mr Adam Bailey Outline approval £4m 30 new jobs
Baths, Speke Road retail store and office above granted Nov 2015
Liverpool’s Mayoral Development Zones - Review | 12Stonebridge Cross MDZ
Stonebridge Cross Mayoral Development Zone RETAIL/LEISURE
sits on either side of East Lancashire Road
(A580), one of the principal routes into Although East Lancs Road has an existing retail centre at
Liverpool from Greater Manchester. Stonebridge Retail Park (featuring a Showcase Cinema,
McDonalds, Travelodge Hotel, Poundstretcher, Superdrug
Considerable site assembly, infrastructure and and B&M Store - the latter of which arrived in early 2015),
environmental enhancement works have been some leisure operators have spotted a gap in the market on
invested in to make it appeal to modern this important key artery between Liverpool and
businesses looking for room to expand. With Manchester. In March 2015, Starbucks opened their first
drive-thru coffee shop, whilst later in the Autumn of the
the area’s particular strengths in the
same year, Marstons completed their £1.2 million “Vikings
manufacturing, logistics, service and food Landing” pub. The two venues brought 90 new jobs
sectors, the zone offers a range of investment between them.
opportunities including high quality serviced
plots and new business units available for In Summer 2017, Home Bargains moved its retail training
centre into the former Carcraft building at Portal Way. The
commercial and industrial use at Stonebridge £10 million investment also created a further 40 new jobs.
Business Park and Gillmoss Industrial Estate.
WAREHOUSING AND LOGISITICS
Stonebridge has become one of the city’s premier
locations for distribution warehousing. The largest STONEBRIDGE CROSS MDZ
employer in the zone is Home Bargains (owned by TJ
Morris) who expanded their existing 550,000 sq ft facility STATISTICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
employing over 1,000 people with a new £20 million SINCE APRIL 2012 (as at February 2018)
270,000 sq ft extension at G-Park. Opened in August
2014, it created an additional 150 jobs. Home Bargains
also has on site a sales training facility which acts as a £77.4m Investment value (plus £2.4m
regular retail store. G-Park is also home to parcel carrier housing)
DHL International and Burtons’ Biscuit Co.
Stonebridge Business Park is, today, home to housing
670 New jobs opportunities
created
provider Liverpool Mutual Homes, social business NSC
(Neighbourhood Services Company), and Eurofoods. In
the last 12 months they have been joined by parcel 200 Existing jobs safeguarded
delivery firm DPD - for whom St Modwen Developments
constructed a new 70,000 sq ft warehouse bringing 230
new jobs. St Modwen also recently completed an £30m Potential investment value of
additional 62,000 sq ft of light industrial space in four schemes with or seeking
units on another site named “Stonebridge West” nearby. permission
Meanwhile, on the opposite side of East Lancashire Road
at Stonebridge Cross, Liverpool City Council has created
the largest single site at 54.7 acres (22.14 hectares) to
500 Potential new jobs to be
created by proposed
prepare for a warehousing scheme capable of bringing 1 developments
million square feet and creating 500 jobs. With our
development partner Gallan Stoford, we are currently
marketing this major opportunity. Preparing the site 24 New homes built
involved diverting the River Alt, which has been placed in
a new landscaped wetland habitat valley around the
southern and western edges of the plot.
Further opportunities for warehousing and light industrial
uses are available within the zone.
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2 5
B
3 6
1. Artist’s CGI of the new Wholesale Fruit, Vegetable and 4. T.J. Morris’s second distribution warehouse at Portal Way,
Flower Market, Stonebridge Business Park. G-Park. It is now to be joined by a third warehouse and
employees’ gym.
2. Marstons’ “Vikings Landing” pub at the junction of East
Lancs Road and Stonebridge Lane. 5. The new distribution centre for DPD/Geopost will create 230
new jobs. Currently on site, it will complete in early spring
3. “Alt Meadows”, the new £1.2 million park created as 2016.
the result of diverting the River Alt to make way for a
54.7 acre development site at Stonebridge Cross. 6. Artists CGI of the proposed 1 million square feet distribution
warehouse to be built at Stonebridge Cross.
Liverpool’s Mayoral Development Zones - Review | 14A7
A1
G-Park
M57
A9
A6
Stonebridge Business
Park
A10
A4
A8
A5 H-50 C1
A3
Stonebridge Retail
Park
A2
H-24
Crown copyright and database rights 2018 Ordnance Survey 100018351
Location of recently completed, current and
proposed major development schemes
A COMPLETED NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHEMES
B NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHEMES CURRENTLY ON SITE
C PROPOSED NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHEMES
H COMPLETED RESIDENTIAL SCHEME (WITH NUMBER OF UNITS)
H PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL SCHEME (WITH NUMBER OF UNITS)
SITES WITH FUTURE EMPLOYMENT GENERATING DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL
Stonebridge West
Liverpool’s Mayoral Development Zones - Review | 15NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHEMES WITHIN STONEBRIDGE CROSS MAYORAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE
MAP ADDRESS DESCRIPTION DEVELOPER JOBS CREATED / COST COMPLETION
REF SAFEGUARDED DATE
COMPLETED SINCE APRIL 2012
A1 Home Bargains Warehouse New distribution warehouse T.J. Morris Ltd 150 new jobs £25m July 2014
2, Portal Way, G-Park building with offices and bridge created
link to Warehouse 1, gatehouse
and service yard
A2 “Alt Meadows”, land off Re-routing of the River Alt and Liverpool City Not applicable £1.2m Autumn 2014
East Lancs Road/ creation of a new meadow Council
Stonebridge Lane/ parkland alongside the river
Parkstile Road
A3 Sugarbrook Starbucks, East New drive-thru Starbucks cafe Eurogarages/ 30 new jobs £1m March 2015
Lancashire Road Starbucks created
A4 "Vikings Landing", Marstons To erect pub/restaurant with Marstons Inns & 60 new jobs £1.2m October
Pub, Stonebridge Business ancillary manager’s Taverns, and created 2015
Park accommodation and car Wildgoose
parking Construction Ltd
A5 Land off Sugarbrook Drive, To erect new 70,000 sq ft St Modwen 230 new jobs to be £12m March 2016
Stonebridge Business Park distribution warehouse for Developments created
parcel delivery firm DPD/ Limited
Geopost
A6 Land at Gillmoss Industrial To erect industrial building for B8 St Modwen 30 new jobs £10.2m August 2016
Estate use together with associated Developments
loading areas, car parking and Limited
landscaping.
A7 Home Bargains To erect warehouse building T.J. Morris 70 new jobs £1.5m December
Warehouse 3, Portal Way, and offices, vehicle 2016
G-Park maintenance unit, staff gym &
sports facility, gatehouse with
service yards, car parking,
fencing and landscaping.
A8 “Stonebridge West”, Land To erect 4 industrial/warehouse St Modwen 60 new jobs £8m April 2017
off Sugarbrook Drive, units (62,000 sq ft business Developments
Stonebridge Business Park space) Limited
A9 Former Carcraft Site and Conversion of existing training T.J. Morris 40 new jobs £10m July 2017
TJM Training Centre, Portal centre to offices, and
Way conversion of former car
hypermarket building to form
retail training centre with
associated accommodation at
first and second floor levels and
2 retail units.
A10 New Fruit & Vegetable To erect single storey building Liverpool City Circa 200 jobs £7.3m October
Market, Stonebridge and growers stand for Council safeguarded 2017
Business Park distribution and business uses in
connection with wholesale fruit
and vegetable market with
gate house, new access,
parking and associated
servicing, landscaping and
ancillary works.
MAP ADDRESS DESCRIPTION DEVELOPER STATUS COST POTENTIAL
REF JOBS
PROPOSED (as at February 2018)
C1 Stonebridge Cross To demolish existing buildings Gallan Stoford Permission £30m 500 new jobs
and erect 2 buildings (max Liverpool Ltd granted
height not exceeding 20m) to November 2013
comprise storage and
distribution centre with ancillary
office with associated
landscaping, parking, servicing
areas and ancillary works.
Liverpool’s Mayoral Development Zones - Review | 16Central Liverpool MDZ (Edge Lane)
Central Liverpool MDZ enjoys some of the RETAIL/LEISURE
highest take-up rates anywhere in the city.
Major employers include Nutricia Liverpool, the New retail development centres around the former 400,000
worldwide lead in Advanced Medical Nutrition sq ft Edge Lane Retail Park which will be completely
redeveloped, rebadged Liverpool Shopping Park and re-
for use in dietary support. Barclays Bank chose focused to target fashion retailers. A new 80,000 sq ft bulky
the area for one of its busiest call centres; the goods retail park will also be built on a disused car park
life-changing Roy Castle Lung Foundation’s next to the site and rebranded Lifestyle at Liverpool
research hub is based here, along with the Shopping Park. Derwent has already signed up B&M, which
game-changing tech of Human Recognition opened a 30,000 sq ft unit in August, in addition to a
Halfords store and Hollywood Bowl. 17 units at “The
Systems and clinical food specialist Nutricia. Western Quarter” opened in October 2017, with the
remaining 21 units will open in summer 2018.
Well connected, planned, and provisioned, the
zone sits either side of Edge Lane, the main EDUCATION
traffic artery into the city from the end of the
M62 motorway. It is home to both Wavertree In summer 2015, academy school operator the Lydiate
Technology Park and Liverpool Innovation Park, Learning Trust announced it had bought Vortex House, a
both forming an industrious community of small former modern office building on Wavertree Technology
Park. The building is to be converted to a Studio School,
and medium-sized digital and tech firms and funded by the state, and will offer business and technology
knowledge-intensive specialists. These include courses to 14 to 19 year-olds as well as classes in engineering,
mobile communications, finance and pharma- accountancy and textiles. Its stated concept is to provide
ceutical companies; all enjoying super-fast fibre- young people with a better, more practical understanding of
the world of work before they leave education.
optic broadband, acres of free parking and a
great range of local services on their doorstep.
CENTRAL LIVERPOOL MDZ
INFORMATION & DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES STATISTICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Liverpool Innovation Park hosts several businesses SINCE APRIL 2012 (as at February 2018)
specialising in digital and creative technologies including
AIMES Grid Services, website consultancy BMK Digital and
Zut Media. During 2015, Barclays Bank undertook a £6.4
£103m Investment value (plus £11.6m
housing)
million refurbishment of its 30 year old call centre,
increasing the number working there by 110.
1,146 New jobs opportunities
created
These businesses are set to be joined by a new film and
television studio to be created within and surrounding
the Art Deco former Littlewoods Building. The £25 1,130 Existing jobs safeguarded
million+ scheme announced in summer 2015 will employ
over 500 people. A detailed planning application is
currently anticipated. The developer, Capital & Centric,
£40m Investment value currently on
site
also completed a refurbishment of the “The Bunker” –
Potential new jobs to be created
the former catalogue storage warehouse, as serviced
offices for new and developing digital businesses.
440 by current schemes on site
Potential investment value of
MANUFACTURING & LOGISTICS £30m schemes with or seeking
The zone is also home to several distribution warehouses. permission
In September 2015, Parabola completed a £2.5 million
Potential new jobs to be created
refurbishment of the 170,000 sq ft “Space 170” former TJ 540+ by proposed developments
Hughes Depot. When fully occupied by new tenants, it
will have the capacity to provide employment for up to
170 people.
Liverpool’s Mayoral Development Zones - Review | 17
5471 4
2 5
3 6
1. Barclays call centre at Wavertree Technology Park 4. Capital & Centric’s “The Bunker” brought 17,500 sq ft
underwent a £6.4 million refurbishment in 2015, serviced office space in February 2015. When full, it will
making room for 110 additional staff. have room for 135 employees.
2. A new B&M Home Store opened on Edge Lane Retail 5. The iconic former Littlewoods Building on Edge Lane is set to
Park in August 2015 bringing 75 new jobs. be transformed into a £25 million film and television studio
expected to provide employment for over 500.
3. Artist’s CGI of Derwent’s £100 million Liverpool
Shopping Park. Over half of the scheme is now open 6. Vortex House on Wavertree Technology Park has become a
and trading. Studio School offering business and technology courses to
14 to 19 year olds. It opened in September 2016.
Liverpool’s Mayoral Development Zones - Review | 18Stanley
Industrial
Estate
A7
A6
C3
A2 B1
Liverpool A11 A10
Liverpool
Innovation
A1 C1
Park Shopping A9
A5 Park
Wavertree
Park A3 A4
Wavertree
Technology Park
A8
C2
H-48
H-4 H-108
B
Crown copyright and database rights 2018 Ordnance Survey 100018351
Location of recently completed, current and
proposed major development schemes
A COMPLETED NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHEMES
B NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHEMES CURRENTLY ON SITE
C PROPOSED NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHEMES
H RESIDENTIAL SCHEME CURRENTLY ON SITE (WITH
NUMBER OF UNITS)
H PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL SCHEME (WITH NUMBER
OF UNITS)
SITES WITH FUTURE EMPLOYMENT GENERATING
DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL
Liverpool’s Mayoral Development Zones - Review | 19NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHEMES WITHIN CENTRAL LIVERPOOL MAYORAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE
MAP ADDRESS DESCRIPTION DEVELOPER JOBS CREATED / COST COMPLETION
REF SAFEGUARDED DATE
COMPLETED SINCE APRIL 2012
A1 Edge Lane West Widening to dual carriageway Liverpool City Not applicable £20.5m May 2012
Council
A2 Edge Lane Retail Park – 15,700 sq ft retail space in four Derwent 75 new jobs £10m November
Phase 0, Binns Road new units Holdings created 2013
A3 “The Bunker”, Littlewoods Conversion of former storage Capital & 135 jobs created £4m February
site, Edge Lane facility to serviced offices with Centric when full 2015
17,500 sq ft of space
A4 Barclays Call Centre, Phased refurbishment of 120,000 Barclays 110 new jobs £6.4m October
Wavertree Technology sq ft call centre (increasing created; 1,130 2015
Park number of jobs from 1,130 to jobs safeguarded
1,240)
A5 “Space 170”, Pighue Lane Refurbishment of 170,000 sq ft Parabola 170 new jobs £2.5m September
distribution warehouse created when full 2015
A6 Edge Lane Retail Park: Refurbishment and Derwent 75 new jobs £2m August 2015
B&M STORE, (former MFI reconfiguration of existing Holdings Ltd created
unit) derelict retail units
A7 Land adjacent to Saka To develop land as household Merseyside 6 new jobs £1.4m December
Cash & Carry Warehouse, waste recycling centre with Waste Disposal created 2015
off Cheadle Avenue associated works including Authority
covered bulk recycling area,
waste enclosure, site office, car
parking and recycling areas
A8 “Studio@Deyes”, Conversion from offices to state Lydiate Learning Not disclosed £2m August 2016
Enterprise Way, Wavertree funded School. Trust
Technology Park
A9 Mill Lane Trade Park, Mill 19 starter business units/trade Derwent 75 new jobs £10m July 2017
Lane counters Holdings Ltd created
A10 Liverpool Shopping Park – New B&Q store and additional Derwent 100 new jobs £4m July 2017
B&Q retail Holdings Ltd created
A11 Liverpool Shopping Park – 17 new retail/leisure units Derwent 400 new jobs £40m October
Western Quarter Holdings Ltd created 2017
ON SITE (as at February 2018)
B1 Liverpool Shopping Park – 21 new retail/leisure units Derwent 440 new jobs to £40m 2017
eastern Quarter Holdings Ltd be created
MAP ADDRESS DESCRIPTION DEVELOPER STATUS COST POTENTIAL
REF JOBS
PROPOSED (as at February 2018)
C1 Former Littlewoods Phased refurbishment and Capital & Part approval £25m 500+
Building, 200 Edge Lane development as new film and Centric granted. proposed
and part of Liverpool television studios new jobs
Innovation Park
C2 Wavertree Retail Park To build 5 new non-food retail Derwent Permission £3m 40 proposed
units between the existing retail Construction Ltd granted June new jobs
units, including changes to car 2015
parking and servicing layouts
C3 Land at Laurel Road/ To erect warehouse with HD Properties LLP Application £2m 7 proposed
Edge Lane ancillary showroom and trade 15F/2045 new jobs
counter. submitted
October 2015
Liverpool’s Mayoral Development Zones - Review | 20Knowledge Quarter MDZ
The Knowledge Quarter zone is home to a UNIVERSITIES & EDUCATION
wealth of knowledge assets, including major
teaching, public service and cultural facilities, Both the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores
and a concentration of commercial knowledge University are major occupants of and investors within the
zone. The University of Liverpool has spent almost £100
related businesses. It forms a key priority of the million here since April 2012, not only rebuilding and
City Centre Strategic Investment Framework to extending its facilities but also bringing over 100 new jobs.
help increase the area’s economic potential and It is currently investing £73 million that will bring a further
to attract and retain research companies and 106 jobs.
high growth businesses.
Similarly, Liverpool John Moores University has spent £40
million on its facilities (bringing over 140 new jobs) over the
Amongst its compelling economic assets are the last four years, and is planning a £100 million extension to
city’s universities, the Royal Liverpool University its campus using the former Parcel Sorting Office site off
Hospital, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Copperas Hill and additional vacant land behind the Adelphi
Liverpool Science Park, National Oceanographic Hotel. A revised scheme is currently in preparation.
Centre, Mersey Bio Incubator, the Art & Design With sites close to and around the university campuses now
Academy, Liverpool Institute for the Performing becoming rare, attention is turning to the northern perimeter
Arts, and Liverpool Community College. of the zone along Islington where the Islington Regeneration
Between them, these organisations provide Company is working on a masterplan of three major scheme
to bring almost 1,700 student bedrooms to the area.
accommodation for learning, research,
incubation and commercialisation by new and
growing businesses. KNOWLEDGE QUARTER MDZ
HEALTH SECTOR & LIFE SCIENCES STATISTICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
SINCE APRIL 2012 (as at February 2018)
The new £335 million Royal Liverpool University Hospital is
now around 90% completed. It forms part of a new health
campus that includes the £25 million Life Sciences £602m Investment value completed*
(plus £273m residential & student
Accelerator completed in summer 2017 and now providing
accommodation)
space for over 500 research workers; and the £118 million
Clatterbridge Cancer Treatment Centre that started on site
in early 2017. A relocation of the Liverpool Womens’
1,402 New jobs opportunities created
Hospital to the campus is now also being suggested.
£321m Investment value currently on
site* (plus £346m student &
The zone is also home to the Liverpool School of Tropical
Medicine, who opened the £7 million “Wolfson Building” to residential accommodation)
house the Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health in early
2015 bringing 180 jobs. A £4 million extension has now 309 Potential new jobs to be
been proposed for the centre, bringing a further 60 jobs. created by current schemes
on site
The zone is also growing to include additional opportunities
for health sector research and development. The Liverpool
Science Park (owned by the City Council and the two £115m Potential investment value of
schemes with or seeking
universities) opened its £8 million IC3 building featuring a
commercial laboratory space targeted at fledgling new
permission* (plus £371m residential
medical research companies. Some 70,000 of its 80,000 sq & student accommodation; plus £1bn
ft is now occupied. As well as a wide range of IT and life potential at Paddington Village)
science firms, LSP is home to Merseyside’s investment fund
for small life science firms known as Spark Impact. 80 Potential new jobs to be
created by the above proposed
Plans have been announced for a £1 billion extension of the developments
Knowledge Quarter at Paddington Village, with two of the
three first buildings (Liverpool International College and * includes pro rata completed (£286m) /on site (£49m) and proposed
Rutherford Cancer Centre North West) now under (£96m for demolition of old building) parts of Royal Liverpool
University Hospital
construction. The Royal College of Physicians will follow.
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