Education

Liverpool ONE is keen to work with the community and for schools and groups in particular, we have created this section to provide a useful resource for key facts, figures and history of the development.

Liverpool ONE provides information on the history, design and delivery of Liverpool ONE for anyone wishing to use Liverpool ONE as part of an academic project. We welcome visits from schools, colleges and other groups. To pre-book a guided tour, please send an email with the proposed date to info@liverpool-one.com

If you would like to arrange an independent group visit, please seek permission from Liverpool ONE via info@liverpool-one.com if you are intending to undertake filming, photography or market research for educational purposes. 

Academy ONE 

Located within Liverpool ONE, Academy ONE is the retail skills shop for the Liverpool City Region. Supported by the National Skills Academy for Retail, Academy ONE provides high quality training for the retail sector, offering a range of different programmes to suit all individual and employer needs. Liverpool ONE are actively involved with Academy ONE, providing a Chair and Secretary for its board.

Work Placements

Liverpool ONE works with local schools, colleges, universities and job centres to offer work placements to individuals interested in experiencing working in Liverpool ONE or carrying out specific pieces of work at Liverpool ONE that are relevant to their area of study.

Work placements are carefully planned in advance to maximise benefits to the individual, and to ensure that their time at Liverpool ONE is spent carrying out meaningful work.

Key Facts

  • Liverpool ONE’s launch was brought forward by a year to be ready for Capital of Culture 08
  • It was delivered on schedule
  • 25 different award-winning teams of architects were employed to create a ‘new heart’ for the city
  • 36 individual buildings make up the Liverpool ONE project
  • Liverpool ONE’s Leisure Terrace offers 20 restaurants covering all four corners of the culinary world
  • Our 14 screen ODEON cinema is currently the highest performing ODEON in the country outside of London
  • Chavasse Park has been lifted 50m above the ground to allow a Q-Park car park to be hidden away underneath housing 2000 new parking spaces
  • Chavasse Park is named after Captain Noel Chavasse the most decorated soldier of World War 1
  • Flagship stores John Lewis and Debenhams stand at either end of South John Street
  • Liverpool ONE hosts in excess of 1.65 million sq ft of shopping and leisure
  • Liverpool ONE is 42 acres in the heart of Liverpool’s city centre
  • Over 580 residential apartments make up Liverpool ONE allowing a whole new generation the chance to enjoy city centre living
  • Since conception Liverpool ONE has employed in excess of 5000 people

Key Figures

Metric
 Imperial
Site area 17 ha
42.5 acres
Total development 234,000 sq m
 2.5m sq ft
Retail 154,000 sq m
 1.65m sq ft
Leisure 21,500 sq m
 230,000 sq ft
Open space (Chavasse Park) 2.2 ha
 5.5 acres
Department store 1 (John Lewis) 22,300 sq m
 240,000 sq ft
Department store 2 (Debenhams) 17,200 sq m 185,000 sq ft

Timeline

The delivery of the second phase of Liverpool ONE marked the culmination of almost a decade of meticulous planning, widespread consultation and world-class design, construction and project management.

The Hilton hotel and Novotel were delivered a year later in 2009 along with residential block One Park West.

Delivery

Liverpool ONE was delivered by The Paradise Project, the development vehicle created by Grosvenor and its investment partners. The Paradise Project created 3,000 construction jobs and more than 4,000 permanent jobs for the local community.
The Paradise Project was led by an integrated team of world-class professionals who brought together a collective wealth of expertise and experience of city centre development across a wide range of disciplines.

The team included:

Grosvenor
In March 2000, Grosvenor was selected by Liverpool City Council as the ‘preferred developer’. It was also a key investor in the project, and along with a consortium of other investors, has raised the full cost of the development works. The consortium includes: investors Hermes, Redevco, and Liverpool Victoria, and banks RBS, Barclays, HSBC and Eurohypo.

Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Council is the local authority responsible for providing public services and political leadership in Liverpool. It is also the driving force behind the regeneration of Liverpool’s city centre and was responsible for Grosvenor’s appointment as major development partner.

Masterplan Team
Building Design Partnership Masterplanners
Capita Symonds Transportation engineers and
health and safety consultants
Cesar Pelli Associates Urban design consultants
Waterman Partnership Structural and environmental
engineers
WSP Group
 Infrastructure and building
services engineers


Construction Partners
Laing O'Rourke Site and design co-ordination and principal contractor
Property/planning consultants
DTZ Advisers to Grosvenor Liverpool Fund
Drivers Jonas Planning consultants
Cushman & Wakefield Leasing agents
Strutt & Parker Leasing agents
Tushingham Moore Leasing agents
Edmund Kirby Party wall and rights of light surveyor
Cost consultants


Cost Consultant

Davis Langdon Quantity Surveyor


Lawyers

Berwin Leighton Paisner Solicitors
Boodle Hatfield Solicitors
Denton Wilde Sapte Planning Lawyers

Architects

Download a list of architects and view with the main site plan to identify individual buildings and sites.

View the main site plan here

Awards and Accreditations

Liverpool ONE has already scooped seven awards this year, including:
  • Development of the Year, (North West Property Awards)
  • Tourism Experience of the Year, (North West Tourism Awards)
  • Liverpool ONE Foundation, (Spirit of Merseyside)
  • Green Apple Environment Award for Biofuel Initiative, (Green Apple Awards 2010)
  • New Developments Extra Large Award, (ICSC European Shopping Centre Awards 2010)
  • ReStore Award, Recognising Retail Regeneration, (ICSC European Shopping Centre Awards 2010)
  • BURA Best Practice in Urban Regeneration, (BURA)

Click here for a full list of awards that Liverpool ONE has received.