Legacie given go-ahead for Liverpool office-to-resi
Previously earmarked for an 87-bedroom Meininger hotel, 1 Union Court will be converted into 47 one-bedroom flats under plans from the city’s most active developer.
Legacie informed Liverpool City Council of its intention to convert the 36,000 sq ft former office, also known as the Watson Pickard Building, late last year.
At that time, the developer wanted to redevelop the building into 55 flats. However, this has been reduced to 47 to address the city council’s concerns around levels of natural light in the apartments.
The proposals relate to floors one to five. The ground floor, currently occupied by Slug & Lettuce, would not be impacted, according to planning documents.
Savills is advising Legacie on planning and Falconer Chester Hall is the architect attached to the scheme.
To learn more, search for reference number 24PR/2564 on Liverpool City Council’s planning portal.
Legacie’s proposed office-to-resi conversion at 1 Union Court comes after earlier plans for the building failed to materialise.
In 2019, German hotel operator Meininger announced plans to redevelop the building. This scheme was approved by Liverpool City Council but ultimately did not come forward.
I think this is a mistake and should just be upgraded to A grade office space. Its a prime location and would easily be filled. The Slug & Lettuce cranks up the music from 5pm, there bars all around this junction, so its really not suitable for residential in every way.
By GetItBuilt!
Is there any chance we could convert some flats to offices? Just one would be nice.
By Anonymous
More office space being lost in Liverpool and no new space in the pipeline… the business district is slowly dying.
By Anonymous
Legacie are reallie getting a lot of business in this citie. Soon they will own all the propertie in their elaborate game of Monopolie.
By Anonymous
You would think that this building would be ideal for upgraded offices as it is near to 2 different Merseyrail stations but it`s been lying idle for some time. I blame our local politicians in the City and City Region who have failed to bring jobs to Liverpool, especially Civil Service jobs which seem to flooding into Manchester along with Government funded offices.
Not sure why people are having a pop at Legacie here as they are doing more than anyone to keep property development alive in Liverpool.
By Anonymous
Worth noting that this is permitted development, so it’s not so much that Liverpool gave them the go-ahead… it’s more that they couldn’t not. I’m sure if it was a planning application rather than a prior approval, the planning department would have made a meal out of it.
By Anonymous