Merseyside Development Update – a mixed picture | Summary

Supporting the work of Everton in the Community has shown us how social responsibility is more than just a box-ticking exercise, writes Lee Royle of Roylemac10.

Liverpool Football Club has handed over its training ground for the last 70 years to Torus after relocating to a new site in Kirkby, paving the way for the housing group to redevelop the facility into 160 homes. 

The disused plot on New Bird Street in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle has been earmarked for 379 co-living apartments and several ground floor commercial units.

A dip in overseas students, doubts around cladding and “carnage” around short-term lets have all been prominent characteristics of an unpredictable central market, agent City Residential has said.

The regeneration specialist, with affordable housing provider Your Housing Group, will start construction of a £37m residential scheme on Whitefield Drive this month.

The technology firm, in partnership with connectivity provider Connectus, is to install rapid broadband technology at Peel L&P’s Wirral Waters mixed-use scheme, as part of a £4.2m project.

The University of Liverpool has brought its Carnatic Halls of Residence site in Mossley Hill to market.

The city council has secured cabinet backing to operate 74 properties in Yew Tree, the first homes to be directly managed by the council since it overhauled its housing delivery model in July. 

Housing provider Onward Homes has completed its move to the Watson Building in Liverpool’s Renshaw Street, a scheme delivered by Brown & Bancroft to designs by 5Plus.