Wirral appoints LSH to sell surplus assets
As part of the £495,000 contract, the property consultancy will assist the council in the sale of 23 sites including car parks, libraries, land parcels, and buildings under its ownership.
Wirral Council has appointed Lambert Smith Hampton to sell unneeded properties and land across the borough over the next three years.
LSH will support the authority’s estate management team to dispose of the assets to pay back a £12m loan of emergency government funding received in 2021 in order to avoid declaring bankruptcy.
Assets up for sale include the Claremount Specialist Sports College site, the site of the former Bebington Town Hall, Oaklands Outdoor Centre, Bromborough Civic Centre, and the Birkenhead Hamilton Building.
Other properties and plots to be disposed of are:
- Seacombe Library
- Coronation Gardens Café in West Kirby
- Price Street car park in Birkenhead
- Tranmere’s Marine Technology Park
- Industrial units at Kelvinside
- Former council offices in Liscard
- Arrowe Hill Facilities Management Store in Woodchurch
- Eastham Youth & Community Centre
- Albion Street Lifeguard Station in New Brighton
- Fender Way Former Scout Hut in Wallasey
The authority will also sell land at Ditton Lane in Moreton, Bedford Place, Pearson Road, and Old Clatterbridge Road in Bebington, as well as properties off Seaview Road, Laird Street, and Manor Road.
These assets were declared as surplus to the council’s needs at the council’s policy and resources committee meeting on 12 July. Those properties declared for disposal were either vacant, generating a poor income, or deemed to be no longer required to deliver a service, according to a report.
Wirral has a disused toilet block near the slip way at Meols waterfront which I believe is for sale , it could be easily converted into a coffee bar or cafe , however in the past there has been opposition to this kind of venture but if Wirral wants to sell its assets with a view to someone buying them with good business prospects then they need to be more open to peoples business plans than previous.
By Anonymous