Though more than 800 years old, the city of Liverpool is vibrant and alive. With a population of almost half a million, Liverpool is home to The Beatles, Liverpool FC, an amazing cultural heritage, several world-class universities, and a massive student population of more than 70,000! Indeed, it has earned a reputation as one of the UK’s top student cities.
Liverpool is at the centre of the UK’s second largest regional economy with access to 6 million customers, an economy worth more than £121 billion and 252,000 businesses.
This beautiful and historic waterfront metropolis is one of the core cities within the UK’s Northern Powerhouse, a government-led initiative to boost economic growth in the North of England by investing in skills, innovation, transport and culture, and devolving significant powers and budgets to directly elected mayors to ensure that decisions in the North are made by the North. Almost sounds like the Game of Thrones, eh 🙂
Liverpool remains a key city in the UK due to the investments that have gone into the city. These investments, comprising several regeneration projects worth several billions, occurring at a steady pace over the years, are giving Liverpool a massive facelift (one of the recently completed regeneration projects is the amazing ONE Liverpool). It is the reason why Liverpool remains on the radar to this day, and why many continue to see Liverpool as a viable place to invest.
Here, we list the current projects going on in Liverpool:
- Project Jennifer – £150 million
A regeneration scheme in Liverpool’s Great Homer Street area, which will house a new Sainsbury supermarket, district centre, retail, new link roads and bring up to 1,000 jobs into the area. Click here for the latest update.
- Liverpool2 Superport – £400 million
Central to the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership to promote the facilities of the Liverpool City Region Superport, this new deep-water container port on the River Mersey was built so that Liverpool could welcome the world’s biggest ships. L2 is the country’s most central container port and geographically the first port of call to Europe from the Americas. It is one of the four key drivers of the city region’s economy. Before, the port could only accommodate 4,500 TEU-capacity vessels, but today, L2 can accommodate ships up to 20,000 TEU. The port is currently undergoing the 2nd phase of expansion which is scheduled for completion in 2019. The HS Paris is the first large vessel to berth at L2, with a capacity of 6,552 TEU. L2 is expected to create approximately 5,000 jobs. Click here for a timelapse of L2’s construction.
- Liverpool Waters – £5.5 billion
The scheme aims to redevelop Liverpool’s historic docklands quarter into a world-class waterfront site, creating at least 17,000 new jobs, commercial and residential buildings and facilities for business, leisure and culture, parks and views overlooking the River Mersey. Approvals were granted in 2012 and work on this massive project could take from 25 to 50 years. The team at Liverpool Waters are expecting to see over £300m construction work starting on site by year end. The project site spans 2.3km and is a 2 million sqm development.
- Anfield Regeneration – £260 million
Regeneration plans were raised in 2013 and is now underway. The regeneration includes the redevelopment of Liverpool FC’s main stand, new and refurbished housing, improved shopping facilities, office buildings, F&B, a hotel and improvement of the road and surrounding areas. The regeneration is a collaboration between the council, Your Housing Group, the community and Liverpool FC. The regeneration of Anfield continues this year with the installation of new LED lighting in the area. The expansion of the main stand at the stadium has created over 1,000 new match day roles, including catering, retail, hospitality, safety, museum, tour and kitchen teams.
- Lime Street Regeneration – £39 million
Approved in August 2016, this regeneration will involve the demolition of older derelict buildings, replaced by new leisure, commercial and retail buildings, which includes a hotel and student accommodation. Construction has already begun.
- Knowledge Quarter/Paddington Village – £1 billion
The Knowledge Quarter is aimed at promoting the dynamic and innovative industries operating within its area. It is home to some of the world’s most influential players in science, health, technology, culture and education. A key part of the quarter’s plans is Paddington Village, a £1 billion flagship expansion site that will house 1.8 million sqft of science, technology, education and health space. It will be a great place to live, work and socialise; in its centre is The Royal College of Physicians and Liverpool International College, which will host over 45,000 students.
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