£200m Huyton regen enters next phase
Starting in September, the Computer Centre and Huyton Annexe in the town centre will be demolished to make way for Genr8 Kajima Regeneration and Knowsley Council’s St Michael’s Place: a series of affordable apartments, a hotel, and 85,000 sq ft of offices centred around a village green.
Civils and Remediation is leading the enabling works for the joint venture partners. Funding for the demolition of the two buildings is supported through £19m from Homes England’s Brownfield Infrastructure Land Fund.
Genr8 Kajima and Knowsley Council’s £200m vision for Huyton town centre has been in development for years. This wider scheme includes up to 400 homes as well as a 400-space mobility hub off Lathom Road.
The demolition of the two office complexes had to wait until council staff could be relocated to units within the nearby Cavendish Walk’s upper floor – itself the subject of a refresh under the JV’s masterplan.
Cavendish Walk will eventually be home to the Huyton Library, Knowsley Works, and a series of offices – with the council set to complete the former B&M unit’s conversion into a community hub next spring.
Alan Hall, projects director at Genr8 Kajima said: “It’s exciting to see continued momentum in Huyton.
“The demolition marks another significant milestone in unlocking the site’s potential and creating the foundations for a vibrant, sustainable town centre that will provide new homes, high-quality public space, employment opportunities and modern community facilities,” Hall continued.
“We look forward to continuing our partnership with Knowsley Council to deliver a development that will bring lasting benefits for residents, businesses and visitors.”
Cllr Tony Brennan, Knowsley Councils’ cabinet member for regeneration and economic development, added: “It’s great that progress is being made on our ambitious plans, which will deliver modern facilities and attract more residents and visitors into the village centre, as well as creating local jobs for local people.”
You can learn more about the council and Genr8 Kajima’s plans for Huyton by searching reference 25/00606/HYB on Knowsley Council’s planning portal. The project team includes Arcadis, Lucid, 5Plus Architects, KKA, Turleys, Astute, Buro Happold, Hannans, and Hoare Lea.
This isn’t funded and therefore isn’t real. Council seeking money to move its own staff around in the name of “regeneration”
By DeGenerer8
This is so ridiculous Huyton village please money should be spent on more needed things
By Anita coogan
About bloody time
By JOHN croxford
Project team creating barely any jobs in the city region. Must be a public sector scheme in Merseyside, they give jobs away better than anywhere else.
By Lee Hannan
Will there be any banks or building societies in the future plans ?
By Kevin
Where will the shops be based and will they still be everyday shops such as b & m and home bargains, which local people need. Will their unit rental still be affordable to them or will they be priced out?
By Anonymous
I hate the plans.
By Anonymous
Tough work town centre regeneration. Hats off to Knowsley Council for their efforts.
By Anonymous
The office element is crazy, leave it to the city centre.
By Anony
Fantastic
By Stephen Hughes
Kevin, the council enable retail units to be built but they can’t force a bank or building society to move in. The banks and shops will make a commercial decision, if they decide they can make a profit from locating to Huyton they will I am sure consider it, however the council has limited influence over their decision.
By Anonymous