One of the World's Healthiest Buildings
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One of the world’s healthiest buildings Introducing... The North-West One of the world’s healthiest buildings Ecosystem The building helps to create a built Below are the key science and tech environment that improves the nutrition, clusters from across the North West. fitness, mood, sleep patterns and performance of its occupants. New and existing developments across the region are already attracting international The seven concepts of the building are: businesses to Liverpool to work alongsideM6 our growing local talent. M61 M62 M6 Nourishment M66 Fitness Water Light M61 M62 M58 M60 M60 M58 M6 M602 MANCHESTER M57 M6 Air Comfort Mind M57 M60 M62 MANCHESTER KQ M60 LIVERPOOL SCIENCE PARK M62 M62 M6 LIVERPOOL SPEKE LIVERPOOL PHARMACEUTICAL SCI TECH MANCHESTER DARESBURY JOHN LENNON M57 AIRPORT AIRPORT M57 ALDERLEY PARK M6 M57 Travel times from KQ Liverpool: BOSTON/NYC BERLIN LONDON MANCHESTER 8 HOURS 2 HOURS 2 HOURS 45 MINS BY PLANE BY PLANE BY TRAIN BY CAR VIA VIA LIVERPOOL VIA VIA THE M62 MANCHESTER JOHN LENNON LIVERPOOL AIRPORT AIRPORT LIME STREET Welcome to Liverpool KQ Liverpool Liverpool is centrally located within the Knowledge Quarter Liverpool UK and with a population of 1.52m, is the (KQ Liverpool) is home to the largest fifth largest city in the country. cluster of science, health, education and cultural minds in the city region Since being named European Capital of Culture Liverpool provides a great setting to explore the and is therefore one of the best places in 2008, Liverpool has regenerated and transformed great outdoors with 120km of coastline and over in the UK to start, grow and scale-up into a world-class destination with a dynamic 2,500 acres of parks and green spaces. National reputation. Liverpool is regularly cited as the Parks, Snowdonia, Lake District and Peak District an innovative business. most successful Capital of Culture to date, with are all within two hours drive of the city. The unique mix of culture, science and the prestigious title providing the catalyst for Home to the University of Liverpool (UoL), medicine – including KQ Liverpool’s world- huge investment and building developments Liverpool is also brimming with culture and is Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), leading strengths in infection and materials within the city. 2018 will see Liverpool attract internationally recoginsed as a UNESCO World Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), chemistry– combined with stunning investment of more than £1bn for an Heritage City; it has one of the most impressive Liverpool Science Park (LSP), the new £429m architecture and its position at the heart of the unprecedented forth successive year, with £14bn collections of museums and galleries in Europe. Royal Hospital and the £157m Clatterbridge city, has already attracted the Royal College of of projects either on site or in the pipeline. The city not only has a celebrated past as a Cancer Centre, KQ Liverpool is fast becoming Physcians (RCP) and Proton Partners International, mercantile hub and gateway, it is now also a one of Europe’s leading Innovation Districts. who are building the £35m Rutherford Cancer The city’s biggest asset is its people - known for must-visit destination for lovers of art, theatre Due to its overall importance to the city’s Centre North West, both of which will be based their warm welcome and great sense of humour. and museums. economic development, it is a Mayoral within Paddington Village, KQ Liverpool’s newest Liverpool was voted the UK’s friendliest city by Development Zone. development site. readers of Condé Nast and was ranked the fourth The Albert Dock attracts 5 million visitors each best city for growth and investment in the UK, year. Located adjacent to ACC Liverpool, the Albert KQ Liverpool is completely absorbed in by Arcadis. Dock attractions include: the Tate Gallery, The culture and is home to some of the city’s best Beatles Story, International Slavery Museum and bars and restaurants. With two international airports within a 45-minute the Merseyside Maritime Museum. The Museum of drive and a high speed rail service reaching Liverpool is the first purpose-built museum in the London in two hours, it has never been easier to UK for over 100 years and reflects the city’s global get to Liverpool. significance through its unique geography, history and culture. Strength in Culture Liverpool is a global brand, with music, the creative and performing arts and sport synonymous with the city’s international reputation. One of the things that most differentiates KQ Liverpool from other innovation districts is the richness of the culture that is embedded into the fabric of the place. The KQ Liverpool eco-system is fuelled by culture – it’s what gives the place vibrancy and energy. Music is a key part of the KQ Liverpool proposition, with the Liverpool Philharmonic and the UoL Institute of Popular Music located here but it also plays a much wider role in the city. Earlier this year, Liverpool was recognised as a UNESCO City of Music, due to its extraordinary musical heritage. The creative and performing arts are in Liverpool. These include: also at the heart of KQ Liverpool, with The London Carriage Works at the Everyman and Unity theatres and The Hope Street Hotel, the award- the Liverpool Institute for Performing winning Art School, 60 Hope Street, Arts, which is one of the UK’s leading The Quarter, HOST, The Pen Factory, institutions for the creative and Moose Coffee, Frederiks, Roski, performing arts. Oktopus and Free State Ktichen. Music and the creative and performing And it doesn’t stop there. KQ Liverpool arts form just one part of the bigger is home to some of Liverpool’s most picture. People work hard in the popular tourist hot-spots, including the Knowledge Quarter but they also Victoria Gallery & Museum, Blackburne know how to enjoy themselves. The House and the Metropolitan and independently-owned restaurants on Anglican Cathedrals. and around Hope Street offer residents and visitors alike some of the best food Knowledge Quarter Liverpool Knowledge Quarter Mayoral Development Zone 13 15 Paddington Village Knowledge Quarter Gateway 13 Discover our key sites N HILL LOW and buildings O K 14 4 1 RCP North (The Spine) 2 The University of Liverpool Health & 3 Life Sciences Campus, including the D 4 Liverpool Bio Innovation Hub and Biobank J 3 The Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospital and The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre ST GROVE 5 2 4 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 6 1 5 Sensor City G Q 6 The Victoria Gallery and Museum SMITHDOWN LANE 7 Materials Innovation Factory 12 9 8 Liverpool John Moores University, B Mount Pleasant Campus 8 11 9 University of Liverpool, The Foundation Building 7 10 Liverpool Institute for F 12 Performing Arts (LIPA) 11 City of Liverpool College 8 I GRINFIELD ST 12 Liverpool Science Park 13 Liverpool John Moores University, City Campus 14 Liverpool Life Sciences Accelerator 11 11 15 Liverpool Hope University, Creative Campus P CROWN ST H E Discover places of interest A Liverpool Cathedral 11 10 B The Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King L C The Echo Arena & Convention Centre GROVE ST D Lime Street Station E Liverpool Philharmonic F Liverpool One C A G The Royal Liver Building H Albert Dock I Everyman Theatre Baltic Triangle J The Town Hall M K Central Library L China Town M Exhibition Centre Liverpool N Walker Art Gallery O The World Museum © Copyright Liverpool City Council P Unity Theatre Q Liverpool Playhouse Theatre Paddington Phase One Village Paddington Central This £1bn flagship KQ Liverpool expansion site sitting at the eastern gateway to the city centre, has been earmarked as 1.8m sq ft of science, technology, education and health space. The site is being developed in three phases: As the owner of the land, Liverpool City Council is Paddington Central, Paddington South and working closely with a range of organisations and Paddington North, with phase one now underway. existing and potential new occupiers to secure new business and job-creating opportunities at the heart At 30 acres, Paddington is a sizeable urban village, of the site. inspired by the sense of community you’d find in the likes of Greenwich Village in New York. In addition to the RCP’s new Northern Centre of Excellence, RCP North, Paddington Central will Not only will it be a great place to live but it will be a become home to Liverpool International College, a great place to work, discover and socialise, with state- partnership between Kaplan and the University of of-the art workspace, labs, cafés, restaurants, shops, Liverpool and also the Rutherford Cancer Centre accommodation, a hotel and teaching, examination North West. The 12-storey international college will and events space. bring 45,000 sq ft of education and learning facilities and 262 residential bed spaces to the site and the Rutherford cancer hospital is one of their first four pioneering proton beam cancer treatment centres to be built in the UK. sq £1bn m ft expansion 1.8 of science, technology, site education and health space sq 45,000 ft of education and Plots already let learning facilities 1 Liverpool International College 6 The Rutherford Cancer Centre North West 3 RCP North (The Spine) 10 A new hotel 4 New combined heat & power plant Phase Two Paddington Village Paddington South Key features Paddington South will present the opportunity for mixed-use developments focused around research and innovation. There will be education space and residential Liverpool City Council is already working accommodation, centred around landscaped closely with Merseyside Police to relocate their public realm and green space, which will connect vehicle repair centre, which is currently based on seamlessly with Paddington Central.