Expansion in offing for Wavertree student flats

Troia, the group behind the chain of upmarket bars and restaurants, is to open a Liverpool outlet at the grade two-listed former Bank of Liverpool and Il Palazzo office building on Water Street. 

The communications giant is close to choosing its 100,000 sq ft Liverpool headquarters, leaning towards a base at Kier Property and CTP's Pall Mall, over its other shortlisted site at Sciontec's Knowledge Quarter.

A pair of residential projects totalling 69 apartments and a student accommodation block containing 280 bedrooms have been granted planning consent by Liverpool City Council. 

The operator of the 50,000 sq ft hostel on Mount Pleasant in Liverpool city centre plans to add 20 bedrooms and a co-working space as part of rebranding efforts.

The £118m specialist cancer hospital, linked to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and intended to serve as a hub for NHS facilities across Cheshire and Wirral, is to open on 27 June in the Knowledge Quarter.

Liverpool media, music and performing arts institution LMA, which is co-owned by singer Robbie Williams, has revealed plans to take 50,000 sq ft in the Metquarter for studios and teaching space.

Developer Network Space and its contractor Caddick Construction have completed industrial scheme Central 23, located on the northern edge of Liverpool city centre near Ten Streets.

Urban Develop, a developer based in the Old Swan area of Liverpool, hopes to convert a three-storey office building in the city's Fabric District into 12 studio apartments.