Spectacular £80m rental block plan gets public airing
PLANS for a spectacular £80m tower housing 304 apartments with panoramic views across Liverpool Bay have been put on public view.
Private rental sector specialist Moda Living put the scheme for Princes Reach at the Liverpool Waters development at an exhibition in the city.
Images of how the 33-storey building will look were displayed at the Radisson Blu Hotel on Old Hall Street ahead of a full planning application which goes before Liverpool City Council’s planning committee in May. Outline consent has already been given.
If approval is granted development will begin in the spring and summer of 2017 with work expected to last 27 months.
The scheme includes a communal ground floor “tenant zone”, a cinema room, external exercise space, a 17th floor gym and a rooftop garden.
Moda Living has partnered with Apache Capital on the scheme. Moda director Dan Brooks said: “The plans we have drawn up for Princes Reach will result in a truly iconic residential building.
“Our design team has drawn on Liverpool’s transatlantic heritage as well as seeking inspiration from waterfront cities across the globe, looking at historic buildings across the city to ensure our plans are complementary with the overall masterplan for Liverpool Waters.”
Planning director James Blakey said: “Community is fundamental to us and we have designed the building with this in mind. We aim for it to be fully let at all times.
“The element of quality is essential to us. We want the building to be as good in 10 years as it is on day one.”
If all goes well, the building will receive its first tenants in 2019.
Peel Group’s Liverpool Waters comprises 60 hectares of historic dockland currently undergoing a £5.5bn regeneration to create a world-class mixed use waterfront development quarter in Liverpool city centre.
