Shedkm finally lodges proposals for Liverpool’s Littlewoods building

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Source: Capital & Centric

Detailed TV and film studios plans come five years after fire at Art Deco landmark

Architect Shedkm and developer Capital & Centric have submitted proposals for the redevelopment of Liverpool’s Littlewoods building into a £70m TV and film studio campus, with new public space and an education offer.

The team was poised to lodge plans for a version of the scheme in 2018 but the timescale was hit by a fire in the west wing of the building, which was the home of Littlewoods Pools until 1994.

The football-betting operation made John Moores a millionaire and the company expanded into retail. Moores later served as chairman of Everton FC. Liverpool John Moores University is named in his honour.

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