Harworth picks Taylor Wimpey for Moss Nook

The developer's construction arm has reached the highest point on its 574-unit student accommodation scheme on Norton Street in Liverpool.

The developer who fronted troubled Liverpool schemes including Herculaneum Quay and The Rise has been declared bankrupt in the city's County Court.

The financial giant's merchant banking division, working with operating partner Pitmore, has acquired a 918-home portfolio of North West rented houses from Gatehouse Bank.

Duncan Birch, the developer behind a plan to convert a warehouse in the Baltic Triangle into a 42-bedroom hotel, has lodged alternative plans for a 25,000 sq ft office at the Watkinson Street site. 

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has announced plans for three department stores under its luxury goods brand, with the largest the 120,000 sq ft former Owen Owen store on Liverpool’s Parker Street.

In an update to supporters, Everton stadium development director Colin Chong said he is “confident” that the club’s plans for a 53,000-capacity stadium on Liverpool’s waterfront will be approved, paving the way for a start on site in the first half of 2021. 

Contractor GMI Construction has started building the 34,000 sq ft office block on Liverpool’s Tower Road South, a scheme now renamed ‘Hythe’ after the Old English for ‘a landing place or small harbour for ships or boats’.

Developers Nexus Residential and Legacie Developments will invest £40m to complete the scheme after acquiring the site for an undisclosed sum following the collapse of the project’s previous developer, Primesite, in 2019. 

The Liverpool office building is to receive the investment as part of the £50m Pioneer programme, and it is the first of the developer's holding in the city to benefit from the scheme.