Completion set for Kensington Neighbourhood Centre, Liverpool

25 Aug 2010

Completion is nearing on the prestigious Mixed Use Development on the site of the former Silver Blades Ice Rink, at the junction of Prescot Roadand Beech Street, known as Kensington Neighbourhood Centre.

The Neighbourhood Centre will act as a focal point and signify a new era for Kensington. The centre will bring together new retail premises, affordable housing, the refurbishment of the historic early Victorian Grade II Listed Villas, a new urban park together with a ground breaking Community Fire Station for Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority.

National retailer Iceland has acquired the 675 sq m anchor store at the corner of Prescot Road and Beech Street and will be open for trade in September 2010. There is a further 1,175 sq m of new retail accommodation, which can welcome up to 6 further retailers, 2 of which have already been pre-let to both Gregg’s and Barnardo’s. The development will also provide visitor car parking and a new public realm.

Riverside has committed to provide 28 affordable apartments, 4 of which will be provided within the refurbished Grade II Listed Villas.

A new community fire station for Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority is being delivered as part of the project. This is a ground breaking element to the development and will deliver a highly important community function.

This development has been delivered through partnership between Kensington Regeneration, Liverpool City Council and CTP Securities, supported by end users such as Iceland, Riverside and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority. It will make a clear statement of the fundamental changes that have occurred in Kensington over the last 10 years and will be a major catalyst to further development.

Phase 1 of the £9.5 million landmark project commenced in September 2009 with practical completion due end September 2010.

The main contractor is Allenbuild and the scheme is part funded through Clydesdale Bank.

For more information about Kensington Neighbourhood Centre and CTP Ltd, please contact Guy Illingworth or Andrew Kingsley on 0161 236 3223.