Liverpool National Express station could be home to latest city centre student project
Liverpool’s National Express station appears to have been earmarked for the latest student accommodation plans for the city centre.
The depot, which is set to close in January, has been named as the location for a 15-storey block proposed by developers Anwyl Construction.
If the proposals go ahead the building will be one of several huge accommodation blocks set to tower over drivers and offer a “gateway” to the city.
Anwyl Constructions initial designs for a 15-storey student accommodation block on the National Express site on Norton Street, Liverpool. Image courtesy of Anwyl Construction.Anwyl Constructions initial designs for a 15-storey student accommodation block on the National Express site on Norton Street, Liverpool.
Anwyl, North Wales’s largest private housebuilder, is hoping to start work next year on the project, destined for the National Express centre bounded by Norton Street, Islington and Fraser Street.
Last week the coach travel firm announced plans to move from its home of two decades to Liverpool ONE , in a decision described by bosses as an “exciting new milestone”. That site will close on January 14, clearing the way for Anwyl to move in for the project, believed to contain 430 student flats….
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