Work starts on £22m Strand upgrade

Molo Hotels is planning to build a 255-bedroom hotel on the site of the former NCP multi-storey car park, on the corner of Duke Street and Suffolk Street in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool. 

The studio run by US architect Dan Meis will not see the club's 52,000-capacity stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock through to completion, after Pattern was selected the technical architect for the next phase. 

The city council has asked Government to help fund developments, including a new cruise terminal and the next phase of the £1bn science and technology hub Paddington Village, as part of a £1.4bn Covid-19 economic recovery plan. 

After months of uncertainty, Boris Johnson yesterday confirmed an end to the sector’s enforced “hibernation” by announcing bars, restaurants and hotels can reopen from 4 July, but hospitality professionals are wary despite this positive step. 

Overbury and CBRE have started the fit-out of the Royal College of Physicians' northern headquarters within a 160,000 sq ft office under construction in Liverpool's Knowledge Quarter. 

Legacy Hotels & Resorts plans to invest a “significant” amount of money to repair the grade two-listed hotel in Liverpool, which it plans to reopen by the end of July after the collapse of its previous operator, the hotels arm of developer Signature Living Group. 

The Norwegian renewables giant is to redevelop a one-acre site off Carnegie Road in the Old Swan area of Liverpool into an energy storage centre.

The city council has appointed consultancies Arup and Meristem to design a street pedestrianisation scheme promoting outdoor eating, to help restaurants operate despite social distancing measures.