Property Opportunities Introduction

INVEST IN LIVERPOOL PROPERTY OPPORTUNITIES INTRODUCTION

With a global perspective, world famous brands INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES and exceptional economic strengths, Liverpool is recognised as one of the UK’s leading business This brochure highlights some of the major development, destinations. We are at the centre of the UK’s second investment and occupier opportunities currently largest regional economy with access to 6 million available throughout the Liverpool City Region with customers. Our regional economy is worth more than a combined value well in excess of £20 billion. These £149 billion with 236,000 businesses. We are home properties provide the opportunity to invest in planned to global Fortune 500 companies complemented schemes or develop new property in the city region. by a large, diverse base of innovative SMEs and start ups. Businesses are attracted to Liverpool by market opportunities, a low cost base, international connectivity and an outstanding quality of life. We are ranked No.1 in the UK for both entrepreneurship and business growth, and renowned for our cutting edge technology and R&D, topping the Northern league table for business innovation. There is no shortage of talent either with 6 million people within the travel to work catchment and 13 universities producing over 70,000 graduates per year. Liverpool offers investors possibilities across a broad range of industry sectors including: financial and professional services, low carbon, digital and creative industries, advanced manufacturing, life sciences, logistics and leisure. Major investors include Astra Zeneca, Pershing BNY Mellon, Jaguar Land Rover, Maersk, Siemens, Sony and Unilever. Liverpool continues to change and attract investment. In GLASGOW the last 10 years, the city has attracted over £7.5 billion

of physical investment. The scale and quality EDINBURGH of the city’s transformation has been of international significance. There are no plans to stop however, exciting NEWCASTLE BELFAST opportunities have been identified to sustain the momentum. ISLE OF MAN Over the next decade Liverpool will deliver LEEDS some of the UK’s LIVERPOOL largest and DUBLIN MANCHESTER most ambitious LIVERPOOL JOHN MANCHESTER SHEFFIELD development and LENNON AIRPORT AIRPORT infrastructure schemes – NOTTINGHAM Liverpool2 BIRMINGHAM deep water 2h 08m terminal phase 2, Mersey Tidal Barrage and

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2 HOW WE CAN HELP YOU YOUR NEXT MOVE Our investment team is committed to growing your Invest Liverpool are ready to support you with your business. As part of our services, we offer a broad investment plans. We can provide comprehensive, portfolio of support to companies interested in growing or free of charge advice and support from initial enquiry establishing their business in Liverpool City Region. Our through to delivery of your project, providing a soft services include: landing for your business. We’re waiting to hear from you to demonstrate our offer and answer many of the other questions you have concerning the wealth of • Dedicated account manager to support your project opportunities available in the Liverpool City Region. • Bespoke research intelligence • Advice on availability and costs of commercial property CONTACT US and soft landing schemes Email us on [email protected] or • Introductions to business support organisations and telephone +44 (0) 151 600 2930. guidance on financial incentives We look forward to working with you. • Introductions to business networks and professionals investliverpool.com • Introductions to research and technology expertise • Information on staff recruitment and training • Organising and hosting briefing visits for key staff • Maximising PR associated with your investment • Dedicated aftercare account manager, linking you with public sector support services, and providing bespoke business development services

Published: October 2018

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HOME TO DIVERSE MIX OF OEMs, BENTLEY, GM JAGUAR LAND ROVER TIER 1s, TIER 2s, AND TOYOTA AND PACCAR AND BAC MONO WIDER SUPPLY CHAIN WITHIN 1 HOUR DRIVE

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7 1. ATLANTIC PARK

Atlantic Park is an established and premier mixed-use business park and is home to a number of high profile QUICK FACTS occupiers which include Capita, Balfour Beatty Rail, Kura, One Vision Housing, The Sovini Group and Turtle Wax. LOCATION: Dunnings Bridge Road The 52-acre site is strategically located on the A5036 (A5036), Sefton Dunnings Bridge Road, the primary route connecting DEVELOPER: Royal London Asset the Port of Liverpool with the national motorway network Management and a key gateway route in to Liverpool City Region. Occupiers can capitalise on close proximity to the Port TOTAL SITE AREA: 21 hectares / 52 acres of Liverpool’s new Liverpool2 deep water container terminal, which is 2 miles from Atlantic Park. 35 million SUITABLE USES: B1 Offices, B2 General consumers are located within 150 miles of the site, with Industrial, B8 Storage and a multi-modal network of 10 motorways within 10 miles Distribution. Potential for and 10 rail linked terminals. The site is able to offer a C1 hotel use on frontage. range of bespoke design and build solutions for office and industrial occupiers and has existing planning PLANNING STATUS: Outline consent for consent for 800,000 sq. ft. of B1, B2 & B8 usage. 800,000 sq ft (scope for further space) The developer, Royal London Asset Management (RLAM), is one of the UK’s leading fund management POTENTIAL companies. RLAM is the dedicated fund DEVELOPMENT VALUE: £50 - 90 Million management arm of Royal London Group. DELIVERY TIMESCALE: Current and ongoing OPPORTUNITY Atlantic Park is capable of hosting a wide range of occupiers and uses. The ability to offer flexible solutions means that a further 350,000 sq ft of office space could be accommodated, along with over 600,000 sq ft of B1, B2, B8 (industrial and distribution/logistics) appropriate to clients’ needs. Royal London is currently bring forward the speculative development of a 105,000 sq ft Distribution/ Manufacturing Facility, with work scheduled to start on site early summer 2018 with a 40 week build period. 8 2. BEACON 62

Beacon 62 is an 11.4 acre key employment site in Knowsley. It is strategically located at Junction 6 QUICK FACTS of the M62 and has a frontage to both the M62 and M57 motorways. This enables easy access to LOCATION: Junction 6, M62 major transport hubs such as Liverpool Airport, motorway/Junction 1, Peel Ports Liverpool and the Liverpool2 deep M57 motorway, Knowsley water terminal. The site has been identified as a key gateway into the Liverpool City Region. DEVELOPER: Henry Boot Developments & Barnfield The city region is keen to maximise the employment potential of the site and to capture new investment Construction opportunities that will be generated through the TOTAL SITE AREA: 4.5 hectares/11.4 acres expanded port. The site has secured detailed planning consent for a range of employment uses, including a SUITABLE USES: B1, B2 General Industrial, new Aldi food store. The developer is working with B8 Storage & Distribution. Knowsley to bring forward development and capture new investment opportunities to facilitate economic growth. PLANNING STATUS: The site is zoned for employment use

OPPORTUNITY The site is a key gateway into the wider Liverpool City Region and its immediate proximity to the M62 and M57 provides a major opportunity for logistics. Knowsley Council is currently working with the landowner and developer to bring forward plans to develop the site.

9 3. DARESBURY PARK

Daresbury Park, situated adjacent to M56 Junction 11, is a 225 acre high quality business park which is QUICK FACTS home to head office, financial services and high tech operations. In a rural setting, it is fully managed, LOCATION: Daresbury, Halton providing 24-hour on-site security and maintenance. DEVELOPER: Marshall CDP A recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers identified Daresbury Park as having one of the best ‘offers’ in the TOTAL SITE AREA: 91.1 hectares / 225 acres North West. High quality office accommodation ranges SUITABLE USES: Offices from 1,500 sq ft up to bespoke HQ office buildings of 500,000 sq ft. There are also design and build PLANNING STATUS: Planning consent for opportunities available on either a purchase or let basis. 1.6 million sq ft DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2018 – 2022 OPPORTUNITY Daresbury Park presents a significant opportunity to occupiers to develop bespoke office properties of up to 500,000 sq ft. Developments are available for sale or to let presenting opportunities to occupiers as well as an investment.

10 4. EARLSFIELD PARK

Earlsfield Park is a new major development that will bring new jobs and homes located close to Junction 2 of the QUICK FACTS M57 directly south of the Knowsley Estate. The scheme has hybrid planning permission granted in June 2018. LOCATION: Knowsley Lane, Knowsley The 23-hectare Knowsley Lane site, which sits directly TOTAL SITE AREA: 23 hectares / 56.8 acres parallel to the M57 along the southern borders of SUITABLE USES: B1, B2 General Industrial, the Knowsley Estate site will become a 16-hectare B8 Storage & Distribution prestigious employment park and a housing development of 154 new homes. The employment DELIVERY TIMESCALE: Available for park is set to build on the success of nearby Kings occupation 2019 Business Park by complementing its offering.

OPPORTUNITY Earlsfield Park Hybrid Employment Park provides opportunity to deliver a range of high quality advanced manufacturing, research and development (R&D), and sub regional logistics floorspace alongside high quality new homes, ancillary support services for staff, visitors and the local community, and enhanced / new recreational areas and spaces.

11 5. ELEMENT - ALCHEMY BUSINESS PARK

Alchemy is an established 30 acre industrial site Works are underway and due to complete located in a prime and prominent location at the heart Spring 2019. The site has further capacity to of Knowsley Business Park. The site benefits from deliver an additional 150,000 sq ft. for design direct access off the A580 East Lancashire Road and and build enquiries, which are being sought. is within minutes of Junction 4 of the M57 motorway which offers immediate access to the wider UK motorway network. Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport QUICK FACTS lies 14 miles to the south whilst Liverpool2’s deep LOCATION: East Lancashire Road, water container terminal is 6 miles to the west. Knowsley. A first phase of development comprising 93,000 sq ft is fully occupied, comprised a variety of units DEVELOPER: Network Space ranging between 6,000 sq ft – 12,000 sq ft and includes TOTAL SITE AREA: 23,500 sq m / 253,000 sq ft occupiers such as National Grid, Lombard Shipping floorspace and Smiths News. SUITABLE USES: B1 Offices, B2 General Industrial, B8 Storage & OPPORTUNITY Distribution Element represents the next phase of development totalling a 103,000 sq ft. but featuring larger units DELIVERY TIMESCALE: Spring 2019 of 23,000, 35,000 and 45,000 sq ft. The detached new build industrial units will be situated in a highly prominent position fronting the A580. Each unit will be constructed to a modern specification including: • 8 to 10m minimum eaves height • Dedicated self-contained service yards • Level access loading doors • Dock level loading (Element 2 and 3) • Dedicated staff car parking • Mains gas • 3 phase power

12 6. ESTUARY BUSINESS PARK

Estuary Business Park is located in Speke, South Liverpool, within Liverpool’s automotive and QUICK FACTS biomanufacturing cluster. A number of vehicle assembly and component-related businesses are located LOCATION: Estuary Business Park, within 5 minutes of the park including Jaguar Land Rover, Liverpool BAC Mono, IAC and Getrag Ford. DEVELOPER: Marshall CDP Estuary Business Park is a well-established, landscaped infrastructure of wide boulevards and striking TOTAL SITE AREA: 9,294 sq m / 100,000 sq ft water features on the site of the first Liverpool floor space Speke Airport. The prestigious nature of the park has attracted a number of high profile occupiers SUITABLE USES: B1 Offices, B2 General including Shop Direct Group, Lloyds Banking Industrial, B8 Storage & Group, DHL, GEFCO and Adient. Distribution Estuary Business Park is just 5 minutes away from DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2018 – 2019 Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Road links are excellent with easy access to the M62, M56, M57, M58 and M6. Peel Ports Liverpool and the Liverpool2 deep water terminal is located 12 miles away.

OPPORTUNITY Hurricane 47 is the latest building to be completed and ready for occupation on Estuary, a 4,409 sq m/47,462 sq ft industrial/distribution unit. The unit features 12m eaves height, 4 dock level and 2 level access doors and two- storey fitted offices. There is a further design and build opportunity adjacent, Hurricane 52, providing 4,879 sq m / 52,500 sq ft of modern industrial/distribution space.

13 7. HALSNEAD SOUTH

Halsnead South is a major development opportunity OPPORTUNITY earmarked for logistics /distribution uses. The site extends The site is a key gateway into the wider Liverpool City a minimum of 22.5ha (56 acres) and is ideally located to Region and its immediate proximity to the M62 provides a take advantage of its immediate proximity to the M62 and major opportunity for logistics. Knowsley Council is currently M57 motorways. Liverpool docks are within 15 miles/25 working with landowners to bring forward a comprehensive minutes and the Port of Liverpool, home to Liverpool2 a masterplan to support any planning application and new £400 million deep-water container terminal doubling provide a framework for the development of the site. the port’s container capacity, making it one of the country’s best equipped and connected terminals. The site is also located 6.5 miles from Jaguar Land Rover. Mercury 62, a major logistics/distribution facility will form the first phase of development on the site. The remainder of the site is capable of accepting units ranging QUICK FACTS from 1,858m2 (20,000ft2) to 9,290m2+ (100,000ft2+). LOCATION: Junction 6, M62 motorway/ The site is broadly triangular in shape, bounded Junction 1, M57 motorway, by the M62 to the north, Fox’s Bank Lane to the Knowsley east, and Cronton Road to the south. The site is a key gateway into Liverpool City Region. TOTAL SITE AREA: 70.79 hectares / 175 acres. The planning status of the site is supported by the Development site Knowsley Local Plan Core Strategy (approved January minimum 22.5 hectares / 2016). A masterplan/ Supplementary Planning Document 56 acres is in place to guide and support development of the site. DEVELOPER: Seeking development The site forms part of the wider Halsnead Garden partner Village, the largest combined housing and employment site in the Liverpool City Region and one of only SUITABLE USES: B8 Storage & Distribution 14 sites in England initially awarded Garden Village status by the Government. The masterplan for the PLANNING STATUS: Comprehensive site also highlights a new country park development masterplan ahead of immediately adjacent to the industrial development. planning application

14 8. HAYDOCK GREEN

Haydock Green is situated within Haydock Industrial Park, an established and successful industrial area. The property QUICK FACTS is located within approximately 25 miles of Liverpool Docks, enjoys speedy access to the national motorway LOCATION: Haydock, St Helens network and is adjacent to junction 23 of the M6. TOTAL SITE AREA: 8 acres The development boasts a desirable location DEVELOPER: Morley Estates fronting the M6 at junction 23 and in very close proximity to the East Lancashire Road (A580). SUITABLE USES: B8 Storage & Distribution

OPPORTUNITY DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2019 Haydock Green is a substantial development site granted planning approval in Sept 2016. Designed for B8 users it boasts high bay racking with dock loading to be tailored to end user requirements. Construction of unit 1 will begin in autumn 2018 and is available at the below specification:

Unit 1 Specifications • Up to 125,000 sq. ft • 15 m eaves height • Located at Junction 23 of M6 Motorway • High visibility from major highways M6motorway and A580 East lancs • 112 car and cycle parking • 7486 sq. m new concrete HGV yards, 45 metres deep • 30 HGV trailer spaces • 4 No level loading doors • 8 dock loading doors and 5ft levellers

15 9. HBC FIELD

HBC Field is a prominent greenfield site, with strategic road and rail links. The site forms part of 3MG, an QUICK FACTS established and successful logistics location with an operating intermodal rail terminal. This site is LOCATION: 3MG - Mersey Multimodal identified in the Liverpool City Region Superport Gateway, Widnes, Halton Strategy and can accommodate up to 1 million sq DEVELOPER: Self build option ft of rail-linked B8 accommodation having secured planning consent in 2014. New road access from the TOTAL SITE AREA: 5.3-13.4 hectares / A562/ A5300 is in place as well as a rail connection 13-33 acres net to the West Coast Main Line and planning permission developable area exists for new rail sidings to serve the site. SUITABLE USES: Logistics, warehousing OPPORTUNITY DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2018 – 2022 Phase 1 of the site is now complete with Tier 1 rail supplier Alstom having opened its new Transport Technology Centre. Their training facility is partnered with the National College for High Speed Rail.

Up to 33 acres are available for industrial developments suited to logistics and warehousing activities.

16 10. INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL GARDENS

The former International Festival Gardens site, which opened in 1984 and closed in 1996, is situated at QUICK FACTS Riverside Drive, and has been purchased by Liverpool City Council. The 90 acre site is located adjacent to the LOCATION: Riverside Drive, Liverpool River Mersey and within 3 miles of Liverpool City Centre. DEVELOPER: Seeking leisure and It comprises of the publicly accessible gardens known as residential partners/ Festival Gardens (approximately 25 acres), the Southern investors Grasslands (approximately 37 acres) and the development zone at the northern end of the site (27 acres). TOTAL SITE AREA: 36.5 hectares / 90 acres This was presented at MIPIM in 2017. Since then, the Residential / leisure / Council has been engaging with development partners in mixed- use. the respect of future residential and leisure development. Development zone is Detailed site investigation works are undergoing for 11 hectares / 27 acres. the Gardens and Southern Grasslands with detailed SUITABLE USES: C3 Dwellings, A1/A2/ works almost complete for the development zone. A3 / A4 Ancillary Retail, There is an extant outline planning consent for a Food & Drink, C1 Hotels, 1,380 unit residential development with ancillary retail/leisure facilities on the development C2 Residential Institutions, zone. This expires in December 2022. D1 Medical Facilities (Subject to Planning).

OPPORTUNITY DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2019 - 2029 Liverpool City Council commissioned K2 Architects to produce a Visionary Masterplan for the regeneration of this strategically important site. The ambitious vision will deliver up to 2,000 homes, local shops, coffee shops and restaurants and various community facilities including a primary school. There are also proposals to deliver a major leisure destination whilst retaining and revitalising the public open space, the Gardens and the Southern Grasslands. The leisure destination would ideally feature a market leading water park, aimed at a national visitor market. Associated family attractions, ancillary car parking a hotel and related facilities are also proposed. 17 11. KINGS WATERFRONT

Since 2000, over £550 million has been invested in regenerating Liverpool’s waterfront. This investment has QUICK FACTS provided a state-of-the-art arena, convention and exhibition centre, new hotels, Grade A office space, cruise liner terminal, LOCATION: Kings Waterfront, canal, ferry terminal, museum, apartments, restaurants and Liverpool City Centre bars. Liverpool’s World Heritage Site waterfront is now home TOTAL SITE AREA: 10.7 hectares / 25 acres to the city’s premier culture, leisure and tourism destinations. (approx). Kings Waterfront represents the final piece in the jigsaw Development site is of the city’s waterfront regeneration programme. Most of the 25 acre site is owned by the Homes & Communities 3.2 hectares / 8 acres. Agency, with some £93 million worth of development DEVELOPER: Liverpool City Council already completed, including the new £40 million seeking development Exhibition Centre Liverpool and the £23 million, 200 partner bedroom Pullman Hotel built next to the existing Arena & Convention Centre Liverpool. In addition, the former ESTIMATED Customs & Excise Offices on the adjacent Queens DEVELOPMENT VALUE: £30 - 50 Million Dock has recently been completed with 240 apartments with stunning river views at a cost of £30 million. DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2018 - 2021

OPPORTUNITY Liverpool City Council are preparing to seek a development partner for the 8 acre site which offers scope for a £30 - £50m mixed use commercial led development to include leisure, food/retail, hotel, restaurant, cafés, bars, water- based attractions, offices and residential apartments in a high quality public realm. The scheme’s components will extend the cultural and leisure offer of the adjacent Arena & Convention Centre Liverpool, Albert Dock and Liverpool ONE shopping and leisure complex. The very best modern design of the scheme will respect the surrounding heritage setting, ensuring that the site is used to its best advantage and delivers a world class development.

18 12. KNOWSLEY 800

Knowsley Business Park (KBP) is one of the largest in England with an area of approx. 1,285 acres located to the north and QUICK FACTS south of the East Lancashire Road (A580). Overall it is home to 800 businesses which employ approx.15,100 people LOCATION: Lees Road, Knowsley and is estimated to contribute £214 million per annum to Business Park the economy. Key sectors include manufacturing, retail, TOTAL SITE AREA: 18.2 hectares / 45 acres distribution, transport and communication. Knowsley 800 represents a 45 acre site on KBP available for development. DEVELOPER: Peel Logistics Property KBP is extremely well connected by road and rail. SUITABLE USES: B1 Offices, B2 General Access to the East Lancashire Road (A580) and the M57 motorway is available and a rail line to the north Industrial, B8 Storage & of the site provides the business park with direct rail Distribution. freight connections. This transport network provides PLANNING STATUS: Outline planning rapid access to a number of key Liverpool City Region permission granted for up assets including Peel Ports Liverpool and Liverpool2 deep water terminal, located 10.5 miles from the site. to 800,000 sq ft development. Knowsley Council has invested £400,000 in A580 road improvements and a further £5.6m has been invested to make improvements to road access and infrastructure including major gateways, junction improvements, wayfinding, access routes and signage improvements across KBP.

OPPORTUNITY Peel Logistics Property has secured outline planning permission for up to 800,000 sq ft of development in the well-established business park with excellent transport connections and access to the Knowsley Rail Freight Terminal. The site also benefits from a significant power supply providing in excess of 10MVA. There are a range of design and build opportunities available to occupiers.

19 13. LIBERTY PARK

Liberty Park is a prominent 23 acre site with strategic road links. The site forms part of 3MG, an established QUICK FACTS and successful logistics location with an operating intermodal rail terminal. This site is identified in the LOCATION: 3MG - Mersey Multimodal Liverpool City Region Superport Strategy and is suitable Gateway, Widnes, Halton for up to 405,000 sq ft of B1/B2/B8 accommodation. DEVELOPER: Liberty / Stoford Direct road access to Liberty Park is available from the A562/ A5300 and planning permission is in place. TOTAL SITE AREA: 9.3 hectares / 23 acres SUITABLE USES: Logistics, warehousing, OPPORTUNITY manufacturing (outline Design and build - Units from 107,210 sq ft to 405,300 sq ft planning permission The scheme is available on a build to suit basis granted for B1, B2 and B8) providing the opportunity to tailor the specification and design to occupiers specific requirements. The DELIVERY TIMESCALE: Phase 1 commenced Liberty / Stoford development will be targeting EPC 2018 ratings of ‘B’ and a BREEAM rating of ‘very good’. The outline consent allows for: • 12m and 15m eaves • 50m service yards • Dock level and level access loading doors • Additional lorry parking provision • Institutional car parking provision • Bespoke tenant fit out available

20 14. LIVERPOOL HEALTH CAMPUS: KNOWLEDGE QUARTER LIVERPOOL

The Liverpool Health Campus, in the Knowledge Quarter OPPORTUNITY of the city, is adjacent to the University of Liverpool campus The delivery of the Liverpool Health Campus is underway (in particular its life sciences disciplines) and the renowned with the new Royal Liverpool University Hospital nearing Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. completion. This will bring forward a 1 acre site created by the demolition of the existing hospital. Adjacent to this, The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is already constructing the University of Liverpool have completed the £21million a new city hospital (£430 million) on the site and, in partnership Bioinnovation Hub and the Liverpool School of Tropical with Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, has recently Medicine is continuing to develop its facilities. opened the new Liverpool Life Sciences Accelerator (£25 million). The Accelerator focuses on research into disease The principal opportunity is accommodated on the 1 acre resistance and brings clinicians and academics together site created by the redevelopment of the new hospital. The with SMEs. The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre will also open site, owned by the Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University new facilities on the campus in Summer 2020 (£124 million). Hospitals NHS Trust, has obtained planning permission for the The new facilities will be at the heart of the Royal Liverpool development of the site. Further development opportunities University Hospital’s clinical research and delivery excellence. will be available after the hospital opens.

This focus and concentration of research activity covers all aspects of life sciences research and draws in expertise QUICK FACTS from other disciplines such as engineering, chemistry and LOCATION: Knowledge Quarter computer science to develop the next generation of therapies, diagnostics, medical devices (particularly digital sensors) and Liverpool, care practices that are transforming human healthcare in the Liverpool City Centre 21st Century. TOTAL SITE AREA: 0.4 hectare / 1 acre The Accelerator (pictured) houses purpose built facilities DEVELOPER: Seeking for life science companies and its close proximity to clinicians development partner enablesbetterunderstandingofpatient/clinicianneeds anda clinical setting for testing new devices and SUITABLE USES: Life sciences medical technologies. or healthcare related developments POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT VALUE: £100 Million +

DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2014 - 2025 21 15. PADDINGTON VILLAGE: KNOWLEDGE QUARTER LIVERPOOL

This £1bn flagship expansion site sitting at the eastern gateway to the city centre’s Knowledge Quarter, has been earmarked as QUICK FACTS 1.8m sq ft of science, technology, education and health space. LOCATION: Knowledge Quarter The site will be developed in three phases: Paddington Central, Paddington South and Paddington North, with Liverpool, phase one already well underway. At 30 acres, Paddington is a Liverpool City Centre sizeable urban village, inspired by the sense of community you TOTAL SITE AREA: 12 hectares /30 acres. would find in the likes of Kings Cross, St Pancras, London. Not only will it be a great place to live but a great place to work, DEVELOPER: Seeking development discover and socialise, with state-of-the art workspace, labs, partner cafés, restaurants, shops, accommodation and events space. SUITABLE USES: Residential, education and commercial uses, OPPORTUNITY especially life sciences As the owners of the land, Liverpool City Council is working and healthcare closely with a range of organisations and existing and potential new tenants to secure new business and job creating POTENTIAL opportunities at the heart of the site. DEVELOPMENT VALUE: £1bn The Council are already well underway with Paddington DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2017 - 2027 Central, developing its 10 plots, green space and public realms, new hotel and the much needed multi-storey carpark. Paddington Central will become home to The Royal College of Physicians (RCP), who announced that they are to be one of the site’s first anchor tenants, taking 70,000 sq ft of space for their new Northern Centre of Excellence. Also confirmed for Paddington Central is the 45,000 sq ft Liverpool International College, a partnership between Kaplan and the University of Liverpool and a new 35,000 sq ft Rutherford Cancer Centre, with the ability to treat around 7,000 patients per year, using pioneering Proton Beam Therapy.

22 16. LIVERPOOL WATERS

This is the most ambitious and spectacular regeneration A replacement Isle of Man Ferry Terminal is also at an project of its kind anywhere in the UK comprising advanced stage of design. Construction of a new road to approximately 20 million sq ft of mixed use floorspace open up Central Docks is scheduled to start on site. and an investment exceeding £5 billion. Liverpool Waters will regenerate 148 acres of historic dockland Phase 2: Land is shortly to be identified and released for further development for residential, hotel and other uses. creating a world class, mixed use waterfront quarter in central Liverpool. The scale of the development and its ambitious 30 year vision makes Liverpool Waters one of the most important and exciting riverside regeneration QUICK FACTS and investment opportunities in Europe. The World LOCATION: Liverpool Waterfront, Heritage Inscription provides an opportunity to draw on the sites cultural and physical heritage to deliver a world Liverpool City Centre class scheme in the heart of Liverpool. Furthermore, TOTAL SITE AREA: 60 hectares / 148 acres Liverpool Waters alongside its sister project Wirral Waters together form the UK Government endorsed DEVELOPER: The Peel Group and internationally promoted ‘Mersey Waters SUITABLE USES: Office / Commercial / Enterprise Zone’. Residential / Hotels / Leisure or Visitor attraction OPPORTUNITY PLANNING STATUS: Outline planning Liverpool Waters is a multi-use development that is consent for 20 million sq ft proposed to incorporate offices, visitor attractions, retail, of mixed use floorspace. leisure, education, football stadium and community uses Detailed planning as well as a significant residential presence. consent obtained for Phase 1: Princes, Waterloo and Central Docks. 80,000 sq ft of office Five residential buildings that will provide approximately space, currently seeking 950 apartments are already contractually committed with substantial pre-let three developments on site including the Peel/Regenda to begin construction. partnership. A new replacement Cruise Liner Terminal and hotel at the location of the old timber jetties is at an POTENTIAL advanced stage of design. DEVELOPMENT VALUE: Exceeding £5 Billion

DELIVERY TIMESCALE: Phase 1 underway

23 17. WIRRAL WATERS

Wirral Waters is the largest regeneration project in the • 100,000 sq m / 1,076,390 sq ft of culture, education, UK by consented floor area. It is a mixed use, highly leisure, community and amenity floorspace sustainable, ‘jobs led’ regeneration project directly • 250,000 sq m / 2,690,980 sq ft B2/B8/sui-generis opposite Liverpool’s world class waterfront. The consent at West Float / Mobil project forms part of the Mersey Waters Enterprise Zone (EZ). There were 2 new buildings completed within Wirral Waters in 2015: a £11.5 million BREEAM Excellent Construction Skills College and a 48,000 sq ft QUICK FACTS office building for The Contact Company. A mixed LOCATION: Wirral Waterfront, Wirral use pipeline of projects will be coming to the market in 2017 including the 1 million sq ft MEA Park, a new TOTAL SITE AREA: 202 hectares / 500 acres 50,000 sq ft office building, 2 residential properties DEVELOPER: The Peel Group and the Maritime Knowledge Hub. An investment fund for Wirral Waters has been established to SUITABLE USES: Office / Commercial / stimulate growth in the area, due to its EZ status. Residential / Hotels / Wirral Waters is well connected with direct access Education / Advanced to the M53 motorway, 4 railway stations within Manufacturing / Industry close proximity and access to the Port. PLANNING STATUS: Outline planning permission granted in OPPORTUNITY May 2012 Initial development activity is to be clustered in 2 neighbourhood areas: ‘Four Bridges’ and ‘MEA Park’ at POTENTIAL West Float. Since planning permission was granted, Peel DEVELOPMENT VALUE: £4.5 Billion and partners have been undertaking a programme of site remediation and preparation. Planning consent is in place for: DELIVERY TIMESCALE: Delivery will be in phases. First phases are underway • Up to 13,500 residential units (different types) • 420,000 sq m / 4,520,840 sq ft of office floorspace (Class B1) • 60,000 sq m / 645,830 sq ft retail (Classes A1 - A5) • 38,000 sq m / 409,030 sq ft hotel and conference facilities (C1)

24 18. M6 MAJOR

Based at the heart of the North-West’s motorway network, M6 Major is a major new Logistics park located in St Helens, QUICK FACTS Merseyside. The site is strategically located on the A580 East Lancashire Road only 1.5 miles east of Junction 23 of the M6. LOCATION: East Lancashire Road It also offers direct access to the new Liverpool2 Superport. (A580), Haydock, The site fronts the A580 East Lancashire road and is situated St Helens. adjacent to the existing Haydock Industrial Estate where TOTAL SITE AREA: 90 Acres occupiers include: Sainsbury’s Distribution, Booker Wholesale Distribution and Costco. The site has a new all – ways traffic DEVELOPER: Bericote Properties light junction allowing easy access via the East Lancashire Road to Liverpool, the new Liverpool2 deep water port terminal and SUITABLE USES: B2 or B8 Manchester. Both Liverpool and Manchester Airports are within DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2018 30 minutes’ drive from the site.

OPPORTUNITY Due for build completion in 2018, planning consent is in place for up to 1.4 million sq. ft. of B2 or B8 opportunity available on the M6 Major site with turnkey freehold or leasehold available. M6 Major can offer a single unit of up to 910,000 square feet. The development is specified to BREEAM Excellent standards with flexible unit configuration and the potential for cross- docking capabilities. Within the planning consent for the site there is flexible unit configuration within the development to suit individual needs of potential occupiers, the site will also include the Woodland Park amenity area for the use of occupiers. The site has 2.5 million people within 30 minutes’ drive and is ideally situated to maximise the use of local motorway networks that allow access to a number of key locations across the UK.

25 19. MEA PARK

MEA Park forms part of the Mersey Waters Enterprise Zone. It is located within Wirral Waters, the largest regeneration QUICK FACTS project in the UK by consented floor area. MEA Park is a nationally significant waterside manufacturing, logistics & LOCATION: MEA Park, Beaufort Road, distribution, R&D and skills campus totalling > 1m sq ft of Wirral Waters, Wirral floorspace. It is designed to support key growth sectors TOTAL SITE AREA: 24 hectares / 60 acres such as Maritime, Energy (wind, civil nuclear and tidal) and Automotive but can accommodate any size requirement from DEVELOPER: The Peel Group all sectors. SUITABLE USES: B1/B2/B8 uses The site has been remediated and serviced. It also has (light industrial, general excellent connectivity with motorway, water, road and rail industrial, distribution), accessibility. An Investment Fund for Wirral Waters has been offices, R&D established to stimulate growth in the area, due to its EZ status, for which MEA Park is applicable. and education Initial activity is due to take place through the creation PLANNING STATUS: Outline planning of the Wirral Waters ‘Skills Factory’ project and ‘Module permission has Development Centre’ both at the existing 45,000 sq ft been secured Mobil building. ESTIMATED OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT VALUE: £75 Million A programme of site remediation and preparation as now been completed. These first phase works also included DELIVERY TIMESCALE: Delivery will be in phases the servicing of the site. Sites are now ‘oven ready’ for starting with the development activity. Opportunities for: conversion of the Mobil building • Up to 1m sq ft of bespoke floorspace can be provided • Units can be created from 3,000 sq ft up to 500,000 sq ft • MEA Park has Enterprise Zone Status including Enhanced Capital Allowances • Design & Build opportunity for specific and tailored occupier needs • Sites are remediated and serviced with a project delivery team in place 26 20. MERE GRANGE

Mere Grange is located on the A570 St Helens Link Way, close to M62 Junction 7 and St Helens town QUICK FACTS centre. Strategically located just minutes away from the M6/M62 interchange, the site is within 30 minutes LOCATION: St Helens Linkway, of both Manchester and Liverpool airports. St Helens TOTAL SITE AREA: 12.14 hectares / 30 acres OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPER: Network Space Mere Grange is a high profile mixed office and industrial business park located between Junction 7 M62 and St Helens SUITABLE USES: Uses: B1 Offices, B2 Town Centre. At the front of the site are self-contained modern General Industrial, B8 office buildings and to the rear high quality new build industrial Storage & Distribution / warehouse units built over 2 phases. Phase 1 is comprised of 4 new build high quality industrial / warehouse units with POTENTIAL additional land within phase 2 for design and build units. DEVELOPMENT VALUE: £20 Million All units benefit from a prominent location within close DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2017 - 2019 proximity of local motorways, 3 phase electric, minimum 25 metres turning circles, single span warehousing with 8 Metre minimum eaves height and high quality office space. Phase 2 of the development is also in planning and includes 3 acres of further development for which design and build enquiries are being sought.

Available Units; • Mere Grange 201- 26,350 sq. ft • Mere Grange 202 - 21,250 sq. ft • Mere Grange 203 - 24,150 sq. ft • Mere Grange 204 - 18,500 sq. ft

27 21. MERSEY REACH

Mersey Reach is a 13.5 acre development situated in a prime position to be able to benefit from the expansion of the Port QUICK FACTS of Liverpool and the new Liverpool2 deep water container terminal, being located less than 3 miles away. LOCATION: Dunnings Bridge Road The site is strategically located on the A5036 Dunnings Bridge (A5036), Sefton Road, the primary route connecting the Port of Liverpool with DEVELOPER: Chancerygate the national motorway network and a key gateway route in to Liverpool City Region from the north and east. TOTAL SITE AREA: 5.5 hectares / 13.5 acres Mersey Reach offers a range of industrial and logistics units, SUITABLE USES: B1 & B2 General ranging in size from just over 12,000 sq ft to 65,000 sq ft, Industrial, B8 Storage with a total of c. 220,000 sq ft under development. and Distribution.

OPPORTUNITY PLANNING STATUS: Planning Permission Granted July 2017 Opportunities exist for bespoke design and build POTENTIAL solutions to meet occupier needs on Phase 2 of the scheme, were 95,000 sq ft is proposed in the masterplan. DEVELOPMENT VALUE: £20 Million A 36,000 sq ft unit has been pre-let to Grafton Group DELIVERY TIMESCALE: Spring 2018 start Plc to trade as a Selco Builders Warehouse. In addition, a two-acre plot on the front pf the site has been pre-sold to Euro Garages which for a petrol filling station with associated convenience store plus a Starbucks drive-thru unit. It is expected that work will start on site in Spring 2018.

28 22. LAND AT NORTH PERIMETER ROAD

The North Perimeter Road site extends approximately 27 OPPORTUNITY acres within Knowsley Business Park. The site is capable of Situated on North Perimeter Road, the main ring rod accommodating buildings up to 32,500m2 (350,000ft2). to the east of Knowsley Business Park, this site benefits The site is situated on North Perimeter Road, the from direct access to the regional and national motorway main ring road to the east of the Business Park. The network via junctions 4/5 of the M57. The speculative Business Park offers direct access to the regional and warehouses will be completed to a high standard national motorway network via junctions 4/5 of the specification with many desirable features, including: M57. The Business Park is home to well known national names such as QVC, Matalan, Amazon, Virgin Media • Up to 18m clear internal height and Dairy Crest. The site is located 10 miles north • Self contained secure sites east of Liverpool and 32 miles west of Manchester. • Can accommodate individual The A580/M57 (J4/5) intersection is within 3.5 miles, M62 is 12 miles to the south and the M58 at Switch Island is 6 miles buildings of up to 350,000 sq ft to the north, both of which link to the M6. The A580 East Lancashire road also provides direct access to J23 of the M6 which in turn allows excellent access to the wider national QUICK FACTS motorway network. The port of Liverpool is 9 miles to the LOCATION: Knowsley Business Park, west, home to Liverpool2 a new £400 million deep-water Knowsley terminal doubling the port’s container capacity, making it one of the country’s best equipped and connected terminals. TOTAL SITE AREA: 6.5 hectares / 27 acres The North Perimeter Road site is strategically located to satisfy both port and non-port related requirements. SUITABLE USES: B2 General Industrial, B8 The location is further enhanced by its proximity to a Storage and Distribution rail distribution centre which offers secure under cover DELIVERY TIMESCALE: Phase 1 late 2019 offloading and full mechanical handling and storage facilities for cross docking, trans-shipment and intermodal operations.

29 23. PALL MALL

Pall Mall is a prime 3.6ha city centre site and a fabulous The northern part of the Pall Mall site being Phase II opportunity to develop approx. 2 million sq ft of high (2.2ha) is owned by a third party and is currently operated quality city centre development, including substantial as a surface car park by NCP on what was the railway amounts of Grade A office space. This would help station. This part of the site represents a second phase to facilitate the expansion of Liverpool’s Commercial of a wider masterplan which will see the creation of Business District and further the city’s ability to grow more offices and a mix of other uses to support the city’s its professional and financial services sector. growing city-centre population and could include further Liverpool’s commercial office sector has undergone a retail and leisure uses, hotel, a multi-storey car park and steady transformation. The £120 million St Paul’s Square an opportunity for a residential development of circa development established a new commercial quarter in 1,500 - 2,000 new homes set in a quality public realm. the city, drawing new and existing businesses including Hill Dickinson, Investec, Santander, Allied Irish Bank, HBOS, DWF, Weightmans and Maersk. This was ten QUICK FACTS years ago and significant take-up has led to a very LOCATION: Liverpool Commercial limited supply of Grade A office space being available District, Liverpool City in the city centre. The City Council recognises that Centre the availability of Grade A office accommodation, is fundamental to the future economic growth of the city when TOTAL SITE AREA: 3.6 hectares / 8.8 acres competing in a regional and national market context. DEVELOPER: KIER/ CTP (Phase 1)

OPPORTUNITY SUITABLE USES: Commercial led The site splits into two phases; Phase I (1.2ha) is in mixed-use development Liverpool City Council ownership and adjoins the former PLANNING STATUS: Supplementary planning Exchange Station. It was acquired with the intention of document supports 2m sq the Council remediating and reclaiming the site ready for its redevelopment. A development partner has been ft of mixed-use floor- selected. The Council are preparing a remediation space / Draft Liverpool planning application in conjunction with the developer’s Local Plan supports office hybrid planning application with both applications development in this due to be determined by December 18. The site can location accommodate circa 400,000 sq ft of new Grade A office accommodation in four new buildings with ancillary POTENTIAL leisure and retail uses and a high quality public realm. DEVELOPMENT VALUE: £160 - 180 Million (Phase 1) DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2019 - 2026 (Phase 1) 30 24. PARKSIDE PHASE 1

Parkside Phase 1 is based on the site of the former Parkside The site will also play a strategic role in creating a M6 Colliery. At its peak employed nearly 2,000 people and growth corridor and is perfectly poised to take advantage produced around 1 million tonnes of coal. Parkside Phase 1 of regional developments such as the Liverpool 2 initiative is the first phase of development on a joint venture between and Atlantic Gateway at the Port of Liverpool, as well commercial developers Langtree and St Helens Council to as opportunities that come from being part of both the once again make Parkside a key regional employment site. Northern Powerhouse and the Liverpool City Region. Located to the south of Newton-le-Willows. It is bordered by the A49 to the west, the transpenine railway line to the north, the M6 to the east and Hermitage Brook to the south. First stage planning has now been submitted that will transform QUICK FACTS the disused colliery site into a new employment park. LOCATION: Newton le Willows, This will meet the huge demand for employment space in St Helens. St Helens driven by the growth at the Port of Liverpool. The site is one of the biggest in the area and TOTAL SITE AREA: 232 Acres benefits from excellent links to local road networks and a public transport system that has benefited DEVELOPER: Parkside Regeneration from a new £21 million public transport hub. SUITABLE USES: B2 General Industrial, B8 Storage & Distribution OPPORTUNITY DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2019 / 2020 In January 2018 planning was submitted for Parkside Phase 1 for over 1 million sq. ft. of employment space and plans are being submitted for a new direct link road in to the site from junction 22 of the M6. Parkside Phase 1 promises to be a key location within the city region offering equidistance between Liverpool and Manchester and immediate access to the M6. St Helens Council has brought forward plans for a Parkside Link Road which would provide a new road through the Parkside site, linking the A49 to an improved junction 22 on the M6.

31 25. PLP AIR LOGISTICS

Air Logistics is located in Speke, South Liverpool within Liverpool’s automotive, biomanufacturing QUICK FACTS and logistics cluster. The site is situated adjacent to Liverpool John Lennon airport and only 5 minutes LOCATION: Speke Hall Avenue / away from the Halewood plant of Jaguar Land Rover. Stirling Road, Liverpool. In addition, Air Logistics is neighbouring Liverpool TOTAL SITE AREA: 200,000 sq ft with units International Business Park which is already home to B&M Retail, Prinovis, Gefco, DHL and Adient. starting from 6,643 sq m / 71,500 sq ft Key Points DEVELOPER: PLP • Excellent road & rail connections SUITABLE USES: B2 General Industrial, B8 • 8 miles from Liverpool city centre Storage & Distribution • 12 miles from Liverpool2 deep sea container terminal DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2019 / 2020 • Close to A561, the main arterial route offering immediate access to the M62, M56 & M6 motorways

OPPORTUNITY Air Logistics provides a build to suit opportunity for logistics/warehousing units starting from 71,500 sq ft. Indicative specifcation for the units include: • 10m-12.5m eaves height • floor loading of 50kN/sqm • 5% office content • BREEAM ‘very good’ rating • Excellent car and HGV parking There is a full design team in place to respond to occupational requirements.

32 26. SOUTHPORT BUSINESS PARK - KEW

Southport Business Park is north Sefton’s largest available site Southport Business Park Extension is committed to Wilson with a total of 27.6 acres available across two sites for new Bowden Developments via agreement with David Wilson business development. The business park is already home Homes. This smaller site, totalling 11.6 acres is likely to to a number of high profile legal, technological and financial be available for new B1 and sui generis development businesses including DC Law, Experian, GTT Communications, Site Investigation data is available to support any developer Paymentshield and Premier Wealth Management. partner which will give clarity to the level of investment The site is well located to the south-east of Southport required to bring forward the new development. town centre in Kew, on the main route towards the M58 and M6 motorways. Southport Business Park sits just 13 miles north of the Port of Liverpool and the Liverpool2 deep water container terminal and is easily QUICK FACTS accessible to both Liverpool and Manchester city LOCATION: Wight Moss Way, Kew, centres (44 and 64 minutes’ drive time respectively) Southport, Sefton The Business Park has been growing for a number of years and continues to attract new development and occupier enquiries. TOTAL SITE AREA: 11.7 hectares / 27.6 acres The GTT facility (an ultrafast, super low latency globally across 2 sites connected fibre network) connects the site globally, DEVELOPER: Sefton Council and including key financial and technology hubs such as New Wilson Bowden York, Boston, London, Frankfurt, Paris and Amsterdam. Developments This provides a unique opportunity to develop a stand out development with broad appeal to innovative occupiers. SUITABLE USES: B1/B2 and smaller scale B8 Business Space OPPORTUNITY PLANNING STATUS: Allocated for most Southport Business Park Phase 1 represents a 16-acre appropriate employment development site on the existing business park which Sefton uses alongside Council are promoting for new business space. A strategy sui generis uses promoting development of the Phase 1 sites is under preparation which will direct the marketing of the site in 2018. POTENTIAL It is intended that a developer partner will be in place by late DEVELOPMENT VALUE: £60 - 100 Million 2018 with the first new development being available from 2020. DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2018 – 2032

27. SOUTHPORT FAIRWAYS PARK & RIDE

The visitor economy (including business tourism) is a key element of the economic future of Southport, worth QUICK FACTS over £518m annually. Southport attracts over 8.7 million visitors a year and plays host to a number of national LOCATION: Marine Drive, Southport, events such as The Southport Air Show, Southport Sefton Flower Show and has hosted The Open Golf 10 times. TOTAL SITE AREA: 2.5 hectares / 6 acres Southport Golf Links is a high quality and popular 18-hole municipal golf course to the north of DEVELOPER: Sefton Council the town centre. Adjoining the golf course to SUITABLE USES: Major leisure attraction the south is the Sefton Council owned former Fairways Park and Ride; a 6-acre development site PLANNING STATUS: Allocated for leisure allocated for a major visitor based attraction. facilities, hotels, facilities for conferences, and OPPORTUNITY attractions. Redevelopment of the former Fairways Park and POTENTIAL Ride site is proposed and would be suitable for DEVELOPMENT VALUE: £75 Million high quality visitor accommodation (including hotel and self-catering accommodation), associated DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2018 – 2021 parking and other complementary leisure facilities to support the existing golf course.

This aerial photography is provided by the North West Strategic Coastal Monitoring Programme.

34 28. SOUTHPORT MARINE PARK

The visitor economy (including business tourism) is a key element of the economic future of Southport, worth QUICK FACTS over £518m annually. Southport attracts over 8.7 million visitors a year and plays host to a number of national LOCATION: Marine Drive, Southport, events such as The Southport Air Show, Southport Flower Sefton Show and has hosted The Open Golf 10 times. TOTAL SITE AREA: 16.4 hectare / 40 acres The Southport Marine Park development site is 40 acres in area and consists of Princes park and the former DEVELOPER: Sefton Council Pleasureland amusement park. It sits between the town SUITABLE USES: Major leisure centre and the beach and is surrounded by a number of assets including: Southport Beach, Southport Marine Lake, development Southport Splashworld, Victoria Park and Ocean Plaza PLANNING STATUS: Allocated for major visitor The vision is for Southport Marine Park to attract investment in based development and an anchor leisure attraction of regional or national significance attractions and a range of other complementary family based activities and accommodation to add to Southport’s critical mass of POTENTIAL attractions and further build on a successful visitor economy. DEVELOPMENT VALUE: £75 - 150 Million DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2018 – 2032 OPPORTUNITY Sefton Council wishes to promote this seafront site as a major leisure opportunity for multifunctional all year-round entertainment. This includes testing the This aerial photography is provided by the North West Strategic Coastal Monitoring Programme. business case for a significant theme park investment.

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STONEDALE 29. STONEBRIDGERETAIL PARK BUSINESS PARK & STONEBRIDGE CROSS

Stonebridge Business Park and Stonebridge Cross are 2010 Aerial photolocated from in thePlanweb north-eastern © Crown corner copyright of Liverpool, 2014. All immediatelyrights reserved. LicenceQUICK nr. 100018351 FACTS adjacent to junction 4 of the M57 motorway and just 6 miles from Liverpool City Centre. Ideally situated for rapid access to LOCATION: East Lancashire Road, the rest of the UK motorway network, the location is popular Liverpool distribution businesses. Liverpool John Lennon Airport is 13 TOTAL SITE AREA: 27.5 hectares / 68 acres miles to the south, whilst Peel Ports Liverpool and the new Liverpool2 deep water terminal is just 5 miles away. (approx) Stonebridge has seen £67 million of investment since 2012 DEVELOPER: St Modwen (Stonebridge which has brought new and expanded warehouses for Home West) and Liverpool City Bargain’s owner TJ Morris who have invested £35 million in Council (Stonebridge two warehousing units totalling 350,000 sq ft, and in summer Cross) 2017 opened a new and enlarged retail training store for their employees. Parcel carriers DHL and DPD opened a £12 million, SUITABLE USES: B1 Offices, B2 General 70,000 sq ft unit in May 2016. Liverpool City Council opened Industrial, B8 Storage & its new fruit and vegetable wholesale market in December Distribution. 2017, whilst the first tenant to St Modwen’s newly completed £8 million 62,000 sq ft ‘Stonebridge West’ is fruit and vegetable POTENTIAL supplier Almond Catering Supplies. DEVELOPMENT VALUE: £50 - 70 Million OPPORTUNITY DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2018 – 2020 STONEBRIDGE CROSS (SC1) At 22.14 hectares / 54.7 acres Stonebridge Cross is the largest single site currently available in the city.

STONEBRIDGE BUSINESS PARK Consists of several serviced plots suitable for the construction of new, high quality headquarters style offices and/or light industrial/ warehousing premises as follows: • SBP1– 0.50hectares/1.24acres • SBP3 – 1.92 hectares/ 4.74 acres • SBP4 – 1.75 hectares/ 4.32 acres

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STONEDALE RETAIL PARK 30. STANLEY DOCK

Stanley Dock is a unique urban regeneration project, OPPORTUNITY 2010 Aerial photo from Planweb © Crown copyright 2014. All rights reserved. Licence nr. 100018351 comprising of the conversion of 3 large scale Grade II Phase 2 of the scheme, with investment in and Grade II* brick warehouses to a new vibrant mixed excess of £325 million, will include converting use scheme. Stanley Dock was originally designed by the Tobacco and South Warehouses to: the same architect (Jessie Hartley) as Albert Dock, with 538 Loft-Style apartments (Tobacco Warehouse) the primary buildings completed between 1850 and • 1901. This is a key heritage asset, within the UNESCO • 254 Bed apart-hotel (South Warehouse) World Heritage site which defines this area of the city. • 13,935 sq m /150,000 sq ft of commercial space to include retail/cafes, restaurants/drinking establishments /offices/ Stanley Dock is located at the centre of the Atlantic exhibition and creative space (Tobacco & South). Corridor/Ten Streets District in the North of Liverpool City Centre. It comprises 125 acres of land which is to be redeveloped to provide for a unique new city QUICK FACTS quarter, to include a creative industries hub, commercial, LOCATION: Stanley Dock, Liverpool leisure and residential developments. It is also immediately adjacent to the Peel Groups proposed DEVELOPER: Stanley Dock Properties £5.5 billion Liverpool Waters mixed use scheme and the Limited proposed new stadium for Everton Football Club. SUITABLE USES: Residential, apart-hotel, Stanley Dock Properties Limited are on site with the next leisure, retail, office and phase of development comprising the conversion of the exhibition space. Tobacco Warehouse (one of the largest brick warehouse PLANNING STATUS: Planning consent issued in the world) to 538 titanic sized apartments and the South Warehouse to a 254 bed Apart-Hotel. POTENTIAL These buildings will include approx. 150,000 sq DEVELOPMENT VALUE: £325 Million ft of mixed commercial space with Retail, Restaurants, Bars, Cafes, Offices and Exhibitions Space. DELIVERY TIMESCALE: Phase 2: Tobacco Warehouse Harcourt / Stanley Dock Properties Limited, the firm behind the redevelopment have a wealth of experience and numerous Apartments, South awards for both listed building restoration and regeneration, Warehouse apart-hotel plus large scale urban regeneration projects with Titanic & approx. 13,935 sq m / Quarter in Belfast, Park West Business Park in Dublin and 150,000 sq ft of commercial numerous shopping centres being a few examples. space due 2018 - 2019. 37 31. TEN STREETS DISTRICT

Ten Streets is one of the City’s transformational regeneration The planned new Everton Football Stadium at Bramley Moore projects located immediately to the north of Liverpool City Dock should also add significant impetus to the regeneration Centre. Covering circa 125 acres of former dockland, the of the area over the next few years in the Northern Gateway project seeks to deliver a new creativity district, provide up to character area of Ten Streets. 1 million square foot of development and deliver around 2,500 new jobs. OPPORTUNITY The Scheme is bound by The Peel Group’s Liverpool Waters To become involved in the regeneration of a key part project to the east, Southport railway line and Eldonian of Liverpool’s expanded city centre and its future economy. neighbourhood to the west, with Stanley Dock sitting at the centre of the area. This area is a vital component in Liverpool’s future economy and is part of an integrated city vision that will QUICK FACTS deliver an £11 billion investment and create 40,000 new jobs. LOCATION: Ten Streets District, North The vision for Ten Streets is for a dynamic, employment led regeneration scheme that will home a thriving community of City Fringe, Liverpool digital and creative businesses. Ten Streets has established DEVELOPMENT Liverpool City Council & itself as a creative hub, complementing other employment PARTNERS: Harcourt Development areas like the Knowledge Quarter. The project seeks to nurture the assets and opportunities that TOTAL SITE AREA: 50 hectares / 125 acres are unique to ward and this part of the city - stunning maritime SUITABLE USES: Offices, digital, IT, arts, architecture, a diverse commercial and industrial heritage and galleries, music venues, a pivotal location. theatre, visitor The Ten Streets Spatial Regeneration Framework which attractions, retail, café/ was adopted as a Supplementary Planning Document in restaurant, education February 2018 sets out development principles and land use and leisure designations for the entire 125 acre area which is split into 6 distinctive character areas. PLANNING STATUS: Strategic Regeneration The project also includes major investment in existing and new Framework adopted as public transportation connections, improving access to the Supplementary Planning wider city, and providing ducting for fibre optic cabling capable Document (February 2018) of vastly improving digital connectivity in Ten Streets. DELIVERY TIMESCALE: Commencing early 2019

38 32. TITAN

Titan is a major industrial and logistics facility currently undergoing substantial refurbishment at Knowsley Business QUICK FACTS Park. Comprising of approximately 454,000 sq ft, the industrial warehouse facility is being refurbished and LOCATION: Knowsley Business Park, remodelled into a modern high quality fit-for-purpose Knowsley unit. It features an expansive warehouse with large power TOTAL SITE AREA: 454,000 sq ft. floorspace supply, 9.2 metre clearance height and a new large concrete marshalling yard. SUITABLE USES: B2 General Industrial, B8 Storage & Distribution The site will be ready for occupation late 2018. The property is situated within Knowsley Business Park, an established and DELIVERY TIMESCALE: Available for successful industrial area and close to the intersection of the occupation 2018 A580 East Lancashire Road and Coopers Lane. The property is located within approximately 8 miles of Liverpool Docks and enjoys speedy access to the national motorway network via the A580 which intersects with J4 of the M57 (approximately 0.25 miles) and J26 of the M6 (approximately 10 miles). Occupiers in the vicinity include household names such as QVC, Matalan, Newsprinters and Dairy Crest.

OPPORTUNITY Titan represents a significant occupier opportunity to let or it could be considered for sale. The accommodation is summarised as follows: • 454,000 sq ft. warehouse with ancillary offices / 9.2m clearance height • 200 HGV trailer parking with significant additional parking if required • 6,000kVA power supply with substantial gas and water supply available • 20 level loading doors, 20 dock loading doors and 5t levellers 39 33. LAND AT TRIUMPH BUSINESS PARK

Triumph Business Park is located in Speke, South Liverpool, within Liverpool’s automotive and biomanufacturing QUICK FACTS cluster. A number of vehicle assembly and component- related businesses are located within 5 minutes of the park LOCATION: Spitfire Road / Speke Hall including Jaguar Land Rover, BAC Mono, IAC, Getrag Ford Road, Liverpool and Johnson Controls. In recent years, South Liverpool TOTAL SITE AREA: 1,161 - 18,581 sq m has seen more growth and new jobs arrive than any other neighbourhood in the city. Its most recent arrivals have been /12,500 - 200,000 sq ft of B&M Retail who completed a new £20 million distribution industrial space ready to warehouse next to their existing warehouse, with Adient and occupy. 4.05 hectares / GEFCO occupying major purpose built industrial bases. 10 acres development site Triumph Business Park is located just 8 miles from Liverpool DEVELOPER: Valedown Ltd city centre, 1 mile from Liverpool John Lennon Airport and 12 miles from Peel Ports Liverpool and the Liverpool2 deep water SUITABLE USES: B1 Offices, B2 General container terminal. The site benefits from excellent road and Industrial, B8 Storage & rail connections, located adjacent to the A561 main arterial Distribution. route offering immediate access to the M62, M57 and M6 motorways and onwards to the national motorway network. PLANNING STATUS: Planning permission granted.

OPPORTUNITY Triumph Business Park is an established, prominent and secure DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2018 - 2020 commercial environment totalling 60 acres of fully serviced businesspark. Theparkhasexistingwarehousing/industrialspace that can accommodate occupiers seeking between 12,500 sq ft and 200,000 sq ft. There is also a 10 acre development site, located offering significant new build opportunities.

40 34. VENUS 210

Venus 210 is a major new distribution and production facility located in the heart of Knowsley Business Park, which is home QUICK FACTS to over 800 businesses. Comprising of 218,240 sq ft, the industrial warehouse facility will be constructed as a modern, LOCATION: Knowsley Business Park, high quality unit. It will feature an expansive warehouse with Knowsley large power supply, generous 12m clearance height and cross TOTAL SITE AREA: 20,275 sq m/218,240 sq ft docking. The site will be ready for occupation early 2019. floorspace Knowsley Business Park is just 2 miles from the A580/M57 and 12 miles to the M62. It is an established business park with SUITABLE USES: B2 General Industrial, B8 excellent transport links and is well served by road, rail, air and Storage & Distribution sea connections. Peel Ports Liverpool and Liverpool2 deep water terminal are located 8 miles away and 2 international airports are DELIVERY TIMESCALE: Available for occupation both within a 40 minute drive time. Home to Amazon, Matalan, early 2019 Dairy Crest and QVC, the park boasts global brands and Venus 210 will accommodate another significant occupier.

OPPORTUNITY Venus 210 represents a significant occupier opportunity to buy or let. The new build accommodation is summarised as follows: • 207,630 sq ft warehouse / 12m clearance height • 10,000 sq ft offices • Ample parking - 172 spaces • Designed for cross docking

41 35. VIKING PARK

Viking Park is a prominent 27 acre site with strategic road and rail links. The site forms part of 3MG, an established and QUICK FACTS successful logistics location with an operating intermodal rail terminal. This site is identified in the Liverpool City Region LOCATION: 3MG - Mersey Multimodal Superport Strategy and is suitable for up to 500,000 sq ft of B1/ Gateway, Widnes, Halton B2/B8 accommodation and planning permission is already TOTAL SITE AREA: 10.9 hectares / 27 acres in place. The intermodal rail terminal has daily train links that offer DEVELOPER: Stobart unrivalled access to the UK’s deep sea ports and handles SUITABLE USES: B1 Offices, B2 General in excess of 140,000 containers each year of which 80,000 are moved by rail; this saves 25 million miles by road per Industrial, B8 Storage & year. There are currently 530,000 sq ft of existing high quality Distribution. distribution warehousing on site, as well as a new state of the PLANNING STATUS: Planning consent agreed art Biomass Facility offering renewable energy. for 100,000 sq ft – 500,000 sq ft design and build OPPORTUNITY opportunities. Viking Park provides up to 27 acres of land with design DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2018 – 2022 and build opportunities up to 500,000 sq ft of logistics warehousing adjacent to the intermodal container terminal.

42 36. WIDNES WATERFRONT

The Widnes Waterfront is a multimillion pound regeneration programme driving the transformation QUICK FACTS of over 360 acres of former industrial land on the banks of the River Mersey. The revitalised Widnes LOCATION: Widnes Waterfront, Waterfront is now a commercial development site where Halton high quality office accommodation sits alongside a TOTAL SITE AREA: 20.23 – 24.3 hectares / successful leisure park in a stunning riverside setting. 50 – 60 acres

OPPORTUNITY SUITABLE USES: Manufacturing, Widnes Waterfront presents an opportunity to commercial and leisure develop over 60 acres of land in a high quality DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2017 – 2020 commercial setting. Developments can include manufacturing space, offices and leisure facilities. Available sites include Gorsey Point (40 acres with units from 26,500 to 800,000 sq ft.), Johnsons Lane (8 acres) and Venture Fields (11 acres).

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37. WOODSIDE WATERFRONT

The area of Woodside offers the greatest civic view in the UK – that of the Liverpool Waterfront. Located on the QUICK FACTS opposite bank of the River Mersey from the Liverpool World Heritage Site, the area has massive redevelopment LOCATION: Woodside Waterfront, potential. This needs to be sensitively managed to enhance Wirral the overall offer of this key strategic gateway into Wirral. TOTAL SITE AREA: 12.6 hectares/ 31 acres A masterplan for the 31 acre site is being refreshed to help shape and support a once in a lifetime DEVELOPER: Seeking development opportunity to achieve a landmark private sector led partner development which would drive the regeneration of Birkenhead by reconnecting it to the waterfront. SUITABLE USES: Leisure, Business, Residential

OPPORTUNITY PLANNING STATUS: Masterplan supporting Wirral Council is leading on the redevelopment of the mixed use development Woodside Waterfront. The masterplan envisages a being refreshed. central spine of development linking the waterfront from POTENTIAL Woodside Ferry Terminal into central Birkenhead. DEVELOPMENT VALUE: £300 Million This spine provides an opportunity for a range of new buildings to provide a mixed use development that will include DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 2018 - 2022 new leisure, residential, hotel and office accommodation planned around a series of quality public spaces and an enhanced public realm to strengthen the link from Wirral’s waterfront to its commercial and shopping areas.

The development offer could include: • Upmarket hotel • Creation of quality public spaces • Commercial / mixed use / restaurants / bars /residential • Over 65,000 sqm commercial floor space, 200 bed hotel, over 580 residential units and 450 car parking spaces.

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