Derwent Estates plans final £8m Liverpool Shopping Park phase
Representing the final stage in the Edge Lane complex’s redevelopment, M&S Food is already lined up to step into 24,500 sq ft of the 40,000 sq ft of retail space created in the phase.
Derwent Estates is leading the wider redevelopment of Liverpool Shopping Park on behalf of Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation.
M&S Food has signed a 15-year lease to relocate within the park from an 11,000 sq ft unit and upsize into the 24,500 sq ft unit.
The £8m development of the final plot will create a continuous terrace of retail units across the entire site, totalling 277,000 sq ft when it completes in mid-2027.
McMullen Real Estate and CSP are the retained letting agents for the remaining 15,500 sq ft of available space and the vacated 11,000 sq ft M&S Food store.
Designs by RGP Architects have been lodged with Liverpool City Council by planning consultant ATP, while Drees and Sommer is to be the project manager.
Derwent Estates recently opened the £11m third phase of its Liverpool Shopping Park scheme, delivered by Stainforth Construction.
Stainforth built several 3,000 sq ft restaurants, including Wingstop and Five Guys, a 20,000 sq ft Tesla car showroom, and an expanded 35,000 sq ft Hollywood Bowl venue at the shopping park.
The retail park off Edge Lane is the largest such facility in the city. Credit: Google Earth
James Maule-Ffinch, asset management director at Derwent Estates, said: “This development is the final piece of the jigsaw for this extremely popular retail park.
“It will not only enhance the customer experience with an upsized high-quality anchor store in M&S Food but also strengthen the overall tenant mix and complete the original masterplan for the scheme.
“We are proud to be delivering the concluding phase of a project that has already brought significant investment, jobs, and best-in-class retail and leisure brands to the area.”
Will Smith, property director at M&S, added: “We are excited to reveal our plans to create a showstopping food store at a new location in Liverpool Shopping Park.
“The move to a site more than double the size of our existing store means we can offer even more trusted value, the latest product launches, and showcase the best of M&S Food for our customers.
“Our colleagues would transfer across to the new store, and the move will help create even more local jobs for the community.”
TSA Riley, Crookes Walker Engineering, and Healy Consultants are also on the project team.
Liverpool Shopping Park is the largest in the city and hosts brands including TK Maxx, River Island, and JD Sports.
This has been one of Liverpool’s few development successes in recent times, and in fairness it started under the previous leadership.
By Anonymous
After all the wrangles with the previous council was resolved Gubay/Derwent kept to their word and redeveloped an eyesore, and now this site is extremely popular.
It’s not to some people’s taste but it draws in the customers, mostly by car but that’s people’s choice especially if you’re carrying shopping.
By Anonymous
Great to get this submitted, and really looking forward to seeing the final phase get built. Well done to the team.
By Mark Aylward
Sounds very good for area and will bring more jobs about time for edge lane to come back to life it’s been a long time coming
By Anonymous
Edge Lane has definitely benefitted from this development but there is much more to be done there, as there is so much land being unused all the way from the shopping complex to Mount Vernon. The Littlewoods Film project needs to happen as it looks a mess at present but also there are pockets of land which have been empty for years with, seemingly, no plans to do anything.
By Anonymous
Absolute nightmare of a carpark.
By Anonymous
Everyone applauding a retail park. Next they’ll be complaining about traffic congestion and that their local high street is dying/full of vape & charity shops.
Meanwhile at Regent Retail Park in Salford…
By Anonymous
Seeing at it is the biggest. Why is there only the no 7 bus that passes it. There should be better transport from other areas .
By Anonymous
@ “December 09, 2025 at 12:05 pm By Anonymous”
But there’s been a retail park on Edge Lane for 40+ years…
By LordLiverpool
All well and goood if you drive , public transport is a nightmare getting to and from edge lane . No taxi rank and you wait ages for a private hire because of the traffuc if one accepts your booking
By Anonymous
Love the traffic at this retail park
By David
I understand times and retail needs have changed, but it’s still such a shame that the cinema hasn’t been rebuilt.
Other than that, great that the shops and restaurants have been built, bringing money back into the area
By AB
There is only one bus that goes down Edge Lane and is not accessible to most parts of Liverpool. I’ve only visited once due to this and I can’t be the only one.
By Sue
I’ll never understand why people want to sit in their cars to visit a car park surrounded by warehousing with tills in. But hey, you do you
By Anonymous
@Anon 4.35pm, to help you understand, those people get in their cars because when they get to the parking area the warehouses, or shops, restaurants, leisure facilities, that are present there have goods and services that they want. So they purchase the goods, services, etc and then drive home, easy isn’t it, much quicker than trying to find an almost non existent bus, and even if there is one who wants to travel on a slow , crowded, bus which is often uncomfortable.
By Anonymous