It’s enough to make Sandra and Carol totter on their heels. The Royal Liver Building in Liverpool, famed as the entrance to the Mersey and entrenched in British popular culture through the 1970s sitcom The Liver Birds, is set to be sold for the second time in its history, with a price tag of £90 million.
CBRE, the property adviser, has been appointed by Corestate Capital, its owners, having sold the building for the first time in 2017 on behalf of Royal London. The grade I listed building has been refurbished over the past five years and is let to companies including Princes Foods, HSBC, Mott MacDonald, Grant Thornton and Everton Football Club. The building, which opened in July 1911, also has its a visitor attraction centre.
It was the tallest office building in Europe on its completion and remains a centrepiece of the city’s waterfront, where new regeneration is planned, including Everton’s new £500 million stadium, which is due to be completed in 2024.
