Bogans Carpet site tipped for 11-storey resi

A dip in overseas students, doubts around cladding and “carnage” around short-term lets have all been prominent characteristics of an unpredictable central market, agent City Residential has said.

The regeneration specialist, with affordable housing provider Your Housing Group, will start construction of a £37m residential scheme on Whitefield Drive this month.

The technology firm, in partnership with connectivity provider Connectus, is to install rapid broadband technology at Peel L&P’s Wirral Waters mixed-use scheme, as part of a £4.2m project.

The University of Liverpool has brought its Carnatic Halls of Residence site in Mossley Hill to market.

The city council has secured cabinet backing to operate 74 properties in Yew Tree, the first homes to be directly managed by the council since it overhauled its housing delivery model in July. 

Housing provider Onward Homes has completed its move to the Watson Building in Liverpool’s Renshaw Street, a scheme delivered by Brown & Bancroft to designs by 5Plus.

The city council’s quest to put an end to its issues around development funded by fractional investment takes its next step on Friday, with the cabinet asked to endorse changes including ramping up financial due diligence and restricting the release of council sites.

The developer, part of ForViva Group, is building a residential scheme of 24 affordable homes in Knowsley, expected to form the first of a two-phase project.

The city council hopes to launch a new licensing scheme after the Government decided not to renew the previous initiative and has published a report it says provides “irrefutable proof” of the current scheme’s success.