Glenbrook sells Bootle industrial
The firm’s investment business has completed the disposal of a multi-let industrial estate in the Merseyside district for £1.2m, achieving a net initial yield of 7.16%.
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Canada Life to forward fund £75m Birkenhead offices
Two offices totalling 150,000 sq ft form the first phase of the £1bn regeneration of the town centre, being led by Wirral Council and Muse Developments.
Freeway upsizes in Runcorn
The insurance company is to move into a larger office at Abbots Park, taking an additional 3,000 sq ft.
Everton secures £45m from Liverpool City Region
Divvied up between a £15m grant and £30m loan, the funds will support the creation of the new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock and improvements to the surrounding area.
Supermarket Income REIT picks up £95m of retail assets
The investor paid £50m for a Tesco store in Prescot, as well as acquiring a Morrisons, M&S Foodhall, and a pair of Aldis elsewhere in the region.
Bootle Strand more than halves in value since council acquisition
Sefton Council leader Ian Maher defended the authority’s decision to buy the shopping centre for £32.5m in 2017 but revealed it is now worth only £14.24m.
World Bank veteran to chair Liverpool freeport board
Thomas O’Brien will oversee the development and operation of the city region’s freeport having been appointed by the combined authority and local enterprise partnership.
Liverpool City Region property market gets £30m boost
Two revolving property funds, the Chrysalis Fund and the LCR Urban Development Fund, have re-entered the arena to back development proposals.
Johnsons site sale agreed
Vendor Ascot Group has exchanged contracts with housing group Sovini for a five-acre Bootle site, formerly the European headquarters of the dry cleaning group.
Sefton gets Marine Lake Events Centre ball rolling
The council's cabinet has signed off on bids totalling £7.5m to be submitted to the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and Arts Council England to advance the £75m Southport project.
