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Peel hails successful Engage seminar series

North West property giant Peel has hailed the success of the autumn series of seminars focusing on the Liverpool Waters scheme, held by the social enterprise organisation Engage Liverpool.

The seminars saw expert speakers brought to the city to discuss the future of the Liverpool waterfront project, from an international, national, and local perspective.

Engage Liverpool, which represents apartment residents in the city centre, held the seminar series to give local people the opportunity to have a say in the future of the development.

Over 360 Liverpool residents and stakeholders attended the events which were held across the city.

The three seminars held in the city offered talks from key speakers including Rowan Moore, architecture critic for The Observer and Michael Hebbert, Professor of Town Planning at The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, who delivered presentations during the first event offering a national perspective on the schemes.

Dr Dirk Schubert, Dean of Urban Planning at Hafen City University, Hamburg, a leading authority on waterfront regeneration projects, gave an international standpoint, and Pete Swift, director of landscape architects and urban designers Planit-IE, provided a local view on Liverpool Waters.

Gerry Proctor, Chair of Engage Liverpool, said: “The first-class speakers we had at our autumn seminars had a significant impact on those who attended. As the seminars and speakers were completely independent of Peel, they attempted to take a fresh look at the proposals from a variety of perspectives.

“People came away feeling enthusiastic about engaging with Peel in ensuring something of quality is built on the waterfront.”

Ian Pollitt, Development Investment Surveyor at Peel, said: These events offered a completely independent perspective on the Liverpool Waters project and the reaction from those who attended was overwhelmingly positive. It’s pleasing to hear that residents are not only welcoming the plans but are looking forward to seeing working beginning in earnest.“

The £5.5bn Liverpool Waters project will see the regeneration of 60 hectares of dockland in north Liverpool.

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