Working with planner Pegasus Group, Brock Carmichael will draft the masterplan for the future tall buildings cluster from TJ Morris and Beetham.
The 5.7-acre King Edward Triangle sits between King Edward Street, Bath Street, and Paisley Street by the Liverpool waterfront. TJ Morris subsidiary KEIE has partnered with skyscraper developer Beetham Organsiation to transform the former industrial estate into a thriving mixed-use development.
Beetham chairman Hugh Frost, the man behind Manchester and Liverpool’s Beetham Towers, described the appointment of Pegasus Group and Brock Carmichael as “two of the most critical appointments we will make” for the project.
“…It’s good to have such capable people around me to help drive the project forward,” he said.
Brock Carmichael and Pegasus have already begun talks with Liverpool City Council over the design for the site.
For an idea of the scale of the endeavour, KEIE teased in April that it wanted to build a 35-storey apartment block on part of the plot. King Edward Triangle is earmarked for 1,200 homes in the approved Liverpool Waters masterplan.
Brock Carmichael managing partner Chris Bolland said the discussions with the city council had been promising thus far.
“The council has been constructive and fully engaged, and we have been able to move forward elements of the masterplan design already,” Bolland said.
The element of the masterplan Bolland alluded to is a mid-rise tower on the corner of Waterloo Road and Paisley Street. Pre-application discussions are set to begin shortly, according to Pegasus director Darren Muir.
Bolland continued: “There’s still plenty to do, of course, but it’s shaping up to be the game-changer everyone wants it to be and I’m looking forward to sharing our designs in due course for proper scrutiny.”
Pegasus director Darren Muir added: “The overall project will deliver a step-change in how the north end of the city centre looks and functions. Ensuring all elements knit together into a satisfactory whole is a critical role of the planning function and we’ve got our shoulders to the wheel.”
The appointment of Pegasus and Brock Carmichael to the project follows a recent land acquisition by KEIE to further enable the transformation of the site. This was of PMR Engineering Services’ engineering works off Paisley Street.
