The uncertainties of Britain’s departure from the European Union hasn’t stopped investors from backing the U.K.’s residential sector. Total investment volumes in the U.K.’s multifamily sector rose by more than 150% to 6.8 billion euros ($7.6 billion) in 2018, according to a report by broker JLL. London helped lead the charge, with investment volume nearly… Read more »
With a capacity of 52,000, with the option of rising to 62,000, it is hoped the arena at Bramley Moore Dock in Liverpool Waters will be ready for the 2023-24 season. Tony McDonough reports. Everton Football Club has released the first detailed images of the designs for its proposed new £500m stadium on Liverpool waterfront.… Read more »
Liverpool city region welcomed 67.3m visitors in 2018 – a 5% increase on the 2017 figure – with Liverpool alone seeing 38m visitors. Events such as the the return of the Giants and the Terracotta Warriors exhibition have helped push Liverpool city region’s visitor economy close to the £5bn mark. In 2018 the city region –… Read more »
Christie & Co, a specialist business property adviser, have released their latest review of the UK hotel market which suggests that, despite uncertainty (especially Brexit) the sector remains buoyant. Highlights include: Christie & Co anticipates enhanced activity in H2 with a number of transactions currently in the market receiving high levels of interest Investor appetite… Read more »
Living Brick planning application progresses for new waterfront development.
Using indicators such as occupancy and revenue-per-room the Colliers’ UK Hotel Market Index ranked Liverpool third out of 34 cities behind only Edinburgh and Belfast. Liverpool is now a UK hotspot for hotel investment with a new index putting it in the top three UK cities thanks to rising room occupancy and revenue-per-room (RevPar). On Monday, property experts… Read more »
Well off property investors from around the world are not put off buying property in the UK because of Brexit, new research suggests. Indeed some 85% are currently investing in British property with one in four saying they are doing so because of Brexit, a global survey for UK property developer Seven Capital has found.… Read more »
The Duchess of Cornwall has posed up in front of the Liverpool Liver Bird wings in the Baltic Triangle. Camilla, 71, was in the city as part of a joint visit with Prince Charles, and while he stopped at the Albert Dock and the Marie Curie Hospice , she took a look around one of the trendiest… Read more »
Plans for a new creative hub in Liverpool’s northern docklands will not harm the Baltic Triangle district, according to the city’s mayor. Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson has offered assurances that the ‘Ten Streets’ project will “complement” other regeneration zones and may even free up space in the city centre. He says: “I want to make the… Read more »
Plans to transform a derelict patch of wasteland on the edge of Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle have been revealed. Great George Street Developments, the consortium which acquired the failed New Chinatown scheme last year, is proposing a variety of community and public uses for the site. The application, which has been submitted to Liverpool City Council… Read more »