The Bootle Strand is a c.400,000 sq ft shopping centre at the heart of Bootle Town Centre, which is a 10 minute drive from Liverpool City Centre and adjacent to the Port of Liverpool / Liverpool Freeport and is well connected to UK mainline rail stations. 

The Centre and surrounding land next to the Leeds and Liverpool canal is wholly owned by Sefton Council who have brought forward plans for a major redevelopment that will transform the town centre – physically, economically and socially. 

OPPORTUNITY 

The Re-purposing Programme is a £100m regeneration programme in 4 phases over 10-years with plans for Phase 1 already well developed and due to start on site early in 2024.

Ahead of this a successful ‘Meanwhile Uses’ initiative has been established on the adjacent land alongside the Canal, ‘Salt and Tar’, which has already made a big impact in re-activating the town centre and attracting more visitors and boosting spend in the town centre.  Salt and Tar has delivered ‘pop-up’ festivals and Xmas markets and this summer will be hosting a major comedy event and music concert featuring the Red Rum Club band, with over 5k tickets sold to date.  

The programme will re-purpose and refurbish the shopping centre for a wide variety of new uses, including food and beverage, leisure and entertainment, health and education as well as high quality retail.

Bootle is already benefitting from enhanced digital connectivity (including LCR Connect) and would be of interest to data intensive businesses who require a high speed of connectivity and low risk of supply disruption. This might include digital port related businesses given the proximity to the new Liverpool Freeport.

QUICK FACTS 

LOCATION: Bootle
TOTAL SITE AREA: 400,000 sq ft / 42 hectares (wider town centre)
DEVELOPER: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council seeking investment partners and end users SUITABLE USES: Town centre uses including leisure, F&B, Health, Residential, Hotel, Education, Digital IT and Data services
PLANNING STATUS: Bootle Area Action Plan underway to support wider transformation programme DELIVERY TIMESCALE: 0-10 years (2023 – 2033; Phase 1, 2024-2027).

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