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Liverpool City Council (LCC) has approved Peel Holdings’ plans for the £5.5bn Liverpool Waters development. Te mixed-use regeneration


scheme is set to create more than 14 million sq ſt (1.3 mil- lion sq m) of floorspace and will include a cultural build- ing; a cruise liner terminal; and a number of restaurants. Peel’s outline planning


application also include the 55-storey Shanghai Tower – the UK’s tallest building to be built outside London. Te project has now been referred to the government. Liverpool Waters will complement Wirral


Waters on the other side of the River Mersey but fears have been raised it might affect the heritage value of the former docklands.


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Liverpool Waters will transform an area of the city’s former docklands LCC leader Joe Anderson said the develop-


ment had the potential to create thousands of jobs and attract more visitors to the city. Details: http://lei.sr?a=x0Z3d


Arena Leisure sale to Aldersgate nears completion


Arena Leisure has announced that it expects Aldergate Investments to complete its purchase of the racecourse owner on 30 March, subject to Office of Fair Trading and court approval. Aldersgate Investments, the Switzerland- based group wholly owned by the Reuben


brothers, made its approach to acquire Arena Leisure for 44.25p per share on 13 January. Te announcement comes as Arena Leisure


reported its results for the year to 31 December, with pre-tax profits increasing 14.6 per cent. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=R0h5G


Cineworld to complete digital roll-out


Cineworld Group is to complete its digital roll-out across the UK and Ireland by the end of summer, with more than 75 per cent of its estate now currently using digital projectors. It comes as the group revealed it had become


the number one cinema operator in 2011, with revenues and pre-tax profits increasing by 1.5 per cent and 9.9 per cent respectively. Admissions across the Cineworld estate


were up by 2.3 per cent when compared with 2010 to 48.3 million, while box office sales grew by 2.7 per cent to more than £242m. Te company successfully negotiated a new


£170m facility in March 2011 to finance future expansion plans, while its interactive D-Box seats are to trial in Glasgow later this year. Cineworld CEO Stephen Wiener said: “We


expect to complete our digital roll-out by the end of the summer, expand further with a new


32 Most Cineworld venues have already been converted


seven-screen cinema in Aldershot and con- tinue our investment in innovation. “We will shortly be opening two additional


IMAX screens in Sheffield and Crawley, as well as trialling our first interactive D-Box seats.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=g5U0X


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