Proposals emerge for 650 Liverpool city centre flats
Wilmslow-based Seth Real Estate is working up plans to redevelop just shy of two acres off Pumpfields Road in Vauxhall.
The scheme comprises 650 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments across three blocks of eight, 11 and 20 storeys.
The shortest of the blocks would feature 87 flats, the 11-storey block would comprise 132 homes, and the tallest of the three would host 431 units.
Seth Real Estate is headed up by sole director Amar Seth. The firm has delivered smaller scale projects in Tameside previously, according to its website.
The Environment Partnership, Eden Planning, and NC Architecture are advising Seth Real Estate on the plans for the company’s largest project to date.
The site in question falls within the Pumpfields regeneration zone, an area of focus for Liverpool City Council.
Architect Levitt Bernstein is leading a team made up of Montagu Evans, Arup, and Turner Works to draw up a supplementary planning document for Pumpfields.
The team has been commissioned by Liverpool City Council to draft the SPD that will pave the way for investment to create a residential-led mixed-use community featuring homes for up to 10,000 people.
Some schemes are coming forward ahead of the adoption of the SPD including Rosmara’s 160-home scheme off Vauxhall Road and Jarron Investments’ 400-apartment Metalworks.
Fingers and toes crossed that all 3 developments mentioned come to fruition, if Seth Real Estate can make this work then it will be a positive symbol for other potential developers.
By Anonymous
The attached CGI tells us that this area will see an upsurge in residential development in Vauxhall and along Gt Howard St, surely Mayor Steve Rotheram has to act now to plan and develop a new Merseyrail station for that area which already has hundreds of homes on the Eldonian Estate. It’s not a time to delay as the business case is already there as Liverpool Waters takes shape and the Everton Stadium is now built.
By Anonymous
Hopefully it will be fully matched to the required parking needed for that many people. Close to city it is, but people still need transport for personal time. Not everyone works in city centre.
By Dave
Gentryfying” the docklands is all well and good, but how about some social homes and not just more and more bloody apartments for sale. How about family homes, maisonettes, couple of high rise apartment blocks for social rent.
By Shaun
Excellent news a city that is on the rise
By Steve
More expensive properties, high service charges and high rents where are the council properties
By Anonymous
Re Anonymous @ 6:48 am.
Weren’t houses taken away from the Council because of their poor stewardship and maintenance of the properties and funds transferred for other schemes.
I remember when we lived in a Council maisonette repairs for the whole block was very slow and even simple replacements took ages while the Council workmen used to be occupied elsewhere apparently.
This is private investment so not relevant to the Council, if they were interested they would have secured the site don’t you think?
By Liverpolitis
Would be good to see more rendering of this project. I hope it doesnt get a Liverpool haircut, and actually would benefit from another 5 storeys on the highest element. As commented already, there needs to be a new station here to support current and new residents and businesses.
By GetItBuilt!
For those unaware and who are expecting to bring back the days when council’s busied themselves building houses etc well those days are gone. The councils these days struggle to provide basic services let alone build housing and that role was replaced by the Housing Associations who used to get most of their funds from Central Government but those days are over too. Think of all those Council houses and flats that were bought by their tenants, and why, because they wanted to own them, those properties were never replaced and it’s now down to the private sector to provide homes and to do that they have to make money, in the meantime they are the ones Governments are relying on to meet their housing targets. Like it or not that is the system we are in, there won’t be a glut of social housing anymore. The private sector will look to provide as many homes as possible and in many cases that will have to be in high-rise to achieve cost efficiencies, inner-city land and waterfront land is valuable and sought after, so if you want to see low-rise housing built you will have to look outside the city centres.
By Anonymous