Huyton Trade Park fully let

Prime Point, a speculatively developed 100,000 sq ft warehouse, has been fully let on completion to Benross Marketing, a wholesale supplier of appliances, gifts and garden equipment.

Developer Network Space has leased the penultimate unit at the £13m St Helens industrial scheme to an undisclosed US firm believed to be furniture retailer Wayfair.com.

The city council has for years failed to effectively police the fractional property investment market, leading to poor quality developments and driving up land prices, according to a report.

A total of 20,000 sq ft of office deals was signed in the city centre during the second quarter of 2020, well below the 52,000 sq ft reported for the same period in 2019, according to the latest Big Nine market report from consultancy Avison Young. 

HM Passport Office and the UK’s Visas & Immigration Department have opted to extend its lease on 84,500 sq ft at 101 Old Hall Street in Liverpool.

The Liverpool-based developer and contractor has appointed Chris Gallagher as managing director, promoting him from his role as operations director at the firm.

Recreational axe-throwing outfit Hatchet Harry’s and car hire company Easirent have taken a combined 6,800 sq ft at King Edward Triangle, an industrial estate that forms part of Peel L&P’s Liverpool Waters. 

Administrators for the £250m residential scheme in Liverpool have given its developer Elliot Group a deadline to reach a deal to transfer ownership of the scheme to creditors.

Calls are growing for Liverpool City Council to take action following the collapse of property companies such as developer Signature Living Hotel and a string of 'problem' schemes but it will not be easy, warned professionals in the city.