Mayor offers £22m for £83.6m Martins Bank project

Summary

Taxpayers will contribute £22m towards the £83.6m refurbishment of the Grade-II-listed Martins Bank Building in Liverpool's Water Street.

This gap funding from city region Mayor Steve Rotheram's £2bn Investment Fund will help ensure the stop-start project can finally go ahead. This will see 140,000 sq ft of much-needed office space brought to the commercial district market.

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