Fresh proposal includes homes and hotel
Proposals to turn a derelict site in the middle of Liverpool into new homes and offices has been given the go-ahead by city planners.
The 拢170m Great George Street project will see more than 450 apartments, 37 townhouses, a 144-bed hotel and 4,200sq m of office space built at an area, part of which has been abandoned for nearly 40 years.
Architect on the scheme, which will also include 12,800sq m of commercial space, is local practice Brock Carmichael. Others working on the scheme for developer Great George Street Developments include engineer Arup and landscape architect Planit-E.
A series of unsuccessful attempts were made to revive the 3.5ha site in the 1990s and three years ago plans for a scheme called New Chinatown bit the dust. It included nearly 800 homes as well as commercial space and a hotel. Developer was North Point Global.
Part of the site is where the former David Lewis Hotel and Hostel, known locally as the 鈥楧avy Lou鈥� stood, before it was torn down in 1980.
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