Office parks · United Kingdom
Albany Building
Grade II* cotton brokers' building converted to 137 luxury apartments via 'reinhabit' strategy, aligned with 5 nearby peer conversions. · summary, model-written
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3+ other atlas sites within 10 km
This site: 5 within 10 km computed · all sites with thisReinhabited
This site: 137 apartments in total, made up of two and three-bedroom luxury apartments and penthouses record · all sites with thisHousing
This site: 137 apartments in total, made up of two and three-bedroom luxury apartment newtypes-extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Retrofit builtWikipedia no source |
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| Strategy | ReinhabitedWikipedia no source |
| New uses | housingWikipedia no source |
| What is there now | 137 apartments in total, made up of two and three-bedroom luxury apartments and penthousesnewtypes-extraction reported |
Site context
| Other atlas sites nearby | 5 within 10 km, 5 within 25 km: Tower Building (0.3 km); St John's Market (0.8 km); Wapping Dock Warehouse (1.3 km); Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse (1.4 km); Littlewoods Pools building (5.3 km)computed |
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Summary, model-written
Converted from 19th-century cotton brokers' meeting place (1856, Grade II* listed) to 137 luxury apartments (two/three-bed and penthouses).
Why. Strategy: 'reinhabit' (same as 5 nearby peers within 10km, including Tower Building 0.3km away).
Where it stands. Located on Old Hall Street, Liverpool city centre edge, near Moorfields station. Part of a cluster of 5 reinhabited sites within 10km (e.g., Wapping Dock Warehouse 1.3km).
For a planner
- Grade II* listed building
- 137 apartments confirmed
- no demolition noted
For a developer
- Reinhabit strategy validated by 5 peers
- no cost/timeline data provided
- verified status: draft
What we do not know yet
- No financial details
- No community impact data
- St John's Market (0.8km) demolished but no link to this project
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History and original facts
| Notes | Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: The Albany Building was originally a 19th-century meeting place for cotton brokers and was converted into 137 luxury apartments in 2004–05. |
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Background
The Albany Building is a 19th-century Grade II* listed building on Old Hall Street in Liverpool, England. Originally built as a meeting place for cotton brokers, it has since been converted into apartments. == History == The Albany Building is located on Old Hall Street, at the western edge of Liverpool's city centre, and a short walk from Moorfields rail station. Constructed in 1856 at the height of the city's expansion, it is one of Liverpool's most highly regarded works of architecture. The Albany Building was built under the instruction of local banker and racehorse owner Richard Naylor and designed by J. K. Colling.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Sources
- Albany (Liverpool) · CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Albany Building
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