PLP readies 800,000 sq ft Knowsley scheme

The long-awaited redevelopment of Kirkby town centre has been given a start date of December this year after St Modwen and Knowsley Council agreed a way forward for the scheme.

The owner of the golf club next to the M57 has put forward an initial masterplan for the site including an adventure golf course, a 65,000 sq ft sports hall, clubhouse, football pitches, and tennis courts.

Contractor Whitfield & Brown has been appointed to create a £1.5m headquarters for the Reserve Forces & Cadets Associations at its Altcar Training Camp in Hightown, Merseyside.

Contenur will open its first manufacturing facility in the UK at Knowsley’s Image Business Park after signing a pre-let for a 56,500 sq ft warehouse.

The council is set to agree a deal to buy part of the Pyramid Shopping Centre as well as transferring the ownership of Birkenhead Market to the Wirral Growth Company, in a bid to revitalise the town’s high street.

Seddon has begun works on a two-phase £2.5m extension for Bleak Hill Primary School in Windle, St Helens.

Liverpool City Region is to provide nearly £4m towards industrial projects in Aintree, St Helens, Wirral, and Knowsley, including grants for developers Redsun and Network Space.

After buying the 117,000 sq ft building from Columbia Threadneedle in May this year, Prosperity Developments and Gape Equity have secured permission for a 59-apartment conversion.

The bank has been given the go-ahead to build a 220,000 sq ft campus for more than 2,500 staff in Bootle.