Princes Dock - Redevelopment

Redevelopment

Much of Princes Dock's wharfage and warehouse space has been replaced by:

• Three blocks of office accommodation along the river front.
• The £24 million Malmaison 128-room hotel. It opened in 2007 and is its owning company's first ever 'new build'. It stands alongside the existing Crowne Plaza hotel.
• Three apartment blocks (UK: blocks of flats).
• Planning permission has been secured for the £130million New World Square. This will incorporate an eight storey, five-star hotel, 385 apartments and space for shops and restaurants.

The dock has been divided into two sections spanned by a pedestrian bridge that was designed by the Liverpool John Moores University Centre for Architectural Research and Consultancy Unit (CARCU).

By March 2009 work was completed on a £22 million extension of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, providing a further 1.4 miles of navigable waterway. A new lock and fixed bridge was built at the northern end of Princes Dock. At the south end of the dock, a new canal tunnel was constructed which leads to the Pier Head. The tunnel is routed beneath St. Nicholas Place and the access road for the new cruise liner facility. From Princes Dock, the extension passes the Pier Head and terminates at Canning Dock.