Liverpool Developers Plan UK's Highest Living Space

A SPECTACULAR £130m skyscraper planned for Liverpool’s waterfront will contain the highest living space in the UK.

The structure will soar 54 storeys and 170 metres into the Merseyside skyline and will comprise 412 apartments, 25,000 sq ft of commercial office space and a combination of 7,500 sq ft retail and leisure space.

The penthouse apartments on the 54th floor will become the highest living spaces in the UK, stealing the title from Manchester’s Beetham Tower which is 48 storeys high with its upper level reaching 157 metres to roof level.

Liverpool developers Y1 Developments and Richmont Properties (comprising Custard-Pie Properties and WFB Properties) have submitted plans for the mixed-used scheme on the site of the former King Edward pub, near to Princes Dock.

This gateway site near to The Strand and Leeds Street is adjacent to the Princes Dock development, and is considered one of the most important locations on Liverpool’s waterfront.

The tower will also feature a 6,000 sq ft rooftop bar/ restaurant that will have an express lift from the ground floor, up to the where the bar/ restaurant will have a spectacular view around all of Liverpool, the North West and North Wales.

Colin Turner, from Y1, said: “This is an important development for Liverpool and will enhance the business district and waterfront environs greatly.

Architects Leach Rhodes Walker (LRW), developed their plans carefully for the new structure so that they took into account Liverpool’s World Heritage status.If, as planned, the scheme starts e in mid-2008, this will become the tallest tower development under construction in the UK. The projected build period is 36 months.