Liverpool woos property sector
LIVERPOOL’s city leaders will today host a delegation of senior representatives from the property sector today to show off investment opportunities.
The event, titled ‘Giant Opportunities’, is being jointly hosted by Liverpool Vision and GVA at lunchtime. It will be addressed by city council chief executive Ged Fitzgerald and Liverpool Vision chief executive Max Steinberg, while GVA’s Simon Reynolds will give an overview of the £30m Chrysalis fund launched in March to invest in stalled regeneration schemes.
The delegation will include senior representatives from organisations like Deutsche Post Bank, Arrowcroft Group and Berkeley Foundation, who will also be given tours of key investment sites such as Liverpool Waters, Stanley Dock, Central Village and the bio-medical campus.
Ged Fitzgerald, chief executive of Liverpool City Council, said: “Major urban regeneration programmes over the past decade have driven the city’s rise to pre-eminence which has led to our burgeoning reputation as a very business-friendly city, a leading destination for visitors, a city of creativity and innovation and a city full of opportunity for investment.
“Our newly-elected Mayor has enhanced powers which he is using to create the only mayoral development corporation outside London, as well as a second enterprise zone for the city – both geared to increasing investment, employment and wealth creation.”
Max Steinberg, chief executive of Liverpool Vision said: “There are giant investment and development opportunities in Liverpool and despite the continuing difficult economic climate, we have large-scale developments in train and a great deal of pipeline activity.
“North Liverpool and south Sefton especially is an area of national and international focus because of the multi-billion pound Liverpool Waters project and the planned expansion of the port.”
“Liverpool is on the up and it is significant that several of those that we have been speaking to through our Liverpool in London office have travelled here to understand the Liverpool business landscape first hand.”
The day will conclude with the official launch of GVA Dixon Webb – the firm created following the merger between GVA’s Liverpool office and Dixon Webb which was announced last year.
