Heap’s Mill build about to start
THE final phase of preparatory work for the £130m Heap’s Mill redevelopment on Liverpool’s southern waterfront is underway as its developer makes the site ready for full construction to begin.
The scheme, by local developer Elliot Group, will see the construction of 800 new homes and 12,000sq ft of leisure and retail units, ranged around a new public space called Baltic Square.
There will be four new blocks comprising a mid-rise 14-storey building on the corner of Park Lane and Liver Street and three 10-storey units, together with the mill buildings themselves.
“This is an important step forward as we finalise the details of the full construction programme,” said developer Elliot Lawless. “We’ve come quite a way in a relatively short space of time thanks to the encouragement of Liverpool City Council and I’m looking forward to confirming final construction timescales in the near future.”
Liverpool-based contractors CCG have been awarded a £100,000 contract to undertake final ground investigations on the site, which borders Liverpool’s World Heritage zone.
Planning permission for the scheme was granted in October 2014. Joseph Heap founded his milling business on the site, next door to the famous Baltic Fleet pub, in 1778, although the present structures dates from the mid-Victorian era.
