Littlewoods重建项目将推进，Twickenham Studios不再参与

ShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMarc Waddington,Andy GillandGeorgie Docker,North WestBBCThe Littlewoods building, despite its grand Art Deco style, has lain empty for many yearsThe company behind plans to regenerate Liverpool's landmark Littlewoods building said the project was still on track despite proposals to bring a film studio to the site falling through.

Capital & Centric - which has been involved with the Edge Lane site for more than a decade - confirmed that Twickenham Studios was no longer going to be involved.

There had been plans to turn the famous Art Deco building into a "Hollywood of the North" film production and post-production complex.

Speaking after Chancellor John Healey announced a £20m funding package for the scheme in Wednesday's Budget, Capital & Centric's John Moffat tried to allay concerns of "another false dawn" for the site.

Twickenham Studios - involved in making high-profile films such as War Horse and The Iron Lady - was announced as an "anchor tenant" in 2018, planning to take up to 85,000 sq ft (nearly two acres / 0.8 hectares) of the complex.

Even after a major fire in the buildings that year, Twickenham Studios said it was still committed to the project and said the same in 2024, despite having dissolved a company it had set up called Twickenham Studios Liverpool Ltd the year before.

Moffat confirmed to BBC North West Tonight that the film studio had pulled out of the project.

Twickenham Studios have been contacted for comment by the BBC.

Liberal Democrat councillor for Gateacre in Liverpool, Kris Brown, told the BBC the Littlewoods project simply could not afford "another false dawn".

"I think the sheer scale of the project meant this was never viable without the government stepping in," he said.