Central Village, Liverpool

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Central Village
Project
Statusabandoned
DeveloperMerepark and Ballymore
Architect Woods Bagot
Owner Liverpool City Council
Location
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Location
Coordinates: 53°24′18″N2°58′44″W / 53.405°N 2.979°W / 53.405; -2.979
CountryEngland
City Liverpool

Central Village was a proposed shopping, leisure, commercial and residential development in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. The complex was to cover the site of Liverpool Central railway station, and the former Lewis's department store. [1] Planning permission was granted for the project by Liverpool City Council in May 2009, [2] and final approval was given for construction of the entire complex to commence in February 2010. [3] The project was never completed and the Lewis's building is now being used as offices, a hotel and a gym. [4]

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Project timeline

Liquidation

Completed work

The 39,000 m2 (420,000 sq ft) nine-storey Lewis's building, which was Liverpool's most famous store for 154 years, closed its doors for the last time on 29 May 2010 to be redeveloped as part of the Central Village project. [9] In 2013, an apart hotel, Adagio opened in the former Lewis's building in the side facing Ranelagh Street. [11] In 2015, rest of the building was opened as office and retail space, called The Department. [16]

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References

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  2. ↑ Katie Daubney (12 May 2009). "Go-ahead for Liverpool Central Village". PlanningResource. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
  3. ↑ "Final piece of Liverpool's Central Village scheme gets go ahead". Liverpool Echo. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  4. 1 2 Houghton, Alistair (23 September 2018). "What exactly is happening with Lewis's?". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Central Village . Liverpool". Merepark. Archived from the original on 30 August 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  6. ↑ "Green light for £160m Central Village dream". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  7. 1 2 "Hotel Update" (PDF). Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  8. ↑ "Liverpool's Central station to get funding boost after being named one of UK's worst". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  9. 1 2 3 "Lewis's workers devastation as Liverpool department store announces closure". Liverpool Echo. 23 February 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  10. ↑ "McGee wins first contract on £200m Liverpool scheme". Building.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
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  12. ↑ Whelan, Dan (19 March 2024). "'Once-in-a-generation' Liverpool Central Station regen gathers pace". Place North West. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
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