Duke Street’s Lock & Key to expand

The discount supermarket unveiled plans for a store in Belle Vale, Liverpool, as it kicked off a campaign to acquire sites for future development across the region and beyond.

The Imperial Warehouses building on Davies Street in Liverpool, which has planning permission for an aparthotel, is being sold after its owner Mantra Homes was placed into receivership in January.

Calls are growing for Liverpool City Council to take action following the collapse of property companies such as developer Signature Living Hotel and a string of 'problem' schemes but it will not be easy, warned professionals in the city.

Liverpool Media Academy, a music and performing arts institution co-owned by singer Robbie Williams, is preparing to convert 17 former retail units at the Metquarter shopping centre into 50,000 sq ft of studios and teaching space. 

Knowsley Council has secured funding to progress a masterplan for an area of Prescot encompassing the £27m Shakespeare North theatre, a grade two-listed former museum, and other historic buildings in and around Market Place.

The body responsible for the city’s innovation district has launched a strategic vision to guide its direction and expansion over the next five years.

The decision to grant planning permission to Zip World for a £4m scheme to install a 400-metre wire between St Johns Beacon to Liverpool Central Library has met with criticism from commentators.

Holiday Inn Express and Hotel Indigo will each occupy Molo Hotels’ 255-bedroom hotel scheme, under plans approved by Liverpool City Council.