Teams of engineers surveying the existing buildings have concluded that the tower needs to be dismantled and rebuilt
Liverpools' Littlewoods building will have its famous tower dismantled and rebuilt as part of plans to transform the site into a film and TV-led destination dubbed "The Hollywood of the North."
A safe zone has now been put in place around the tower, with workers unable to enter that section of the site. It will be carefully taken down in the coming weeks. Once complete, it will pave the way for main contractors to move in, with two new 20,000sq ft studios being created for big budget productions, the first to be constructed on the neighbouring land.
The company is working with Liverpool council as freeholder of the site and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority as project funders. The Combined Authority, led by Mayor Steve Rotheram, has committed £17m to the project. "Our priorities are keeping everyone safe and saving what we can of the buildings, working to minimise the amount of structure needing to be re-built."
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