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Chicago Buildings Apartment Scheme Secures Approval
Plans to transform a former commercial space at a site next to the MetQuarter in Liverpool city centre into apartments have been approved.The Chicago Buildings on Whitechapel, which have remained vacant since Blacks surrendered its lease in May 2019, will be converted into 24 self-contained flats,Designed by ArchiPhonic, it will comprise five studio, 12 one-bedroom and seven two-bedroom flats across four floors.The retail units on the current ground floor – Holland & Barrett and Wong’s Jewellers – will remain.ArchiPhonic has been appointed to manage the tender process and the project, which will be led by ArchiPhonic architect, Harriet Powell-Hall, is expected to go on site in early spring 2021.
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