Contractor appointed on Metalworks

The demolition of the Churchill Way flyovers in Liverpool could be completed by the end of the year, at a cost of £6.75m, with a masterplan to be created to guide the future of the available land. 

The agent’s latest report highlights ongoing challenges around the viability of delivering build-to-rent projects in Liverpool but argues the city should remain “extremely confident” in its future pipeline, which is approaching 4,000 BTR apartments.

The housing association is searching for a location for its new head office in Speke, with a headquarters to be “designed from scratch” to accommodate more than 750 staff.

The developer, working in a joint venture with Valorem Investment Partners, has bought back the 781-home scheme in Liverpool, three-and-a-half years after selling the plot to Inhabit.

The developer’s proposals for its first new-build office block within the wider £5bn site have moved forward after Liverpool City Council approved the latest plans for the scheme.

Kier Property and CTP are on course to submit a planning application for the £200m commercial development in Liverpool in the coming weeks but have warned the opening phase will likely need a tenant on board before construction can begin.

Kier Group has announced it will be restructuring its business, by cutting 1,200 jobs, selling off its Kier Living arm, and reducing its investment in Kier Property which "may extend to its sale".

The five mixed-use buildings which make up Elliot Group’s One Wolstenholme Square in Liverpool have been completed.

Laing O’Rourke will start structural repairs this month on the stalled project, with more than 220 cubic metres of concrete and 165 tonnes of steelwork needed to fix defects in the build.