You need only look up to see evidence of Liverpool’s renaissance. As much Capital of Cranes as Capital of Culture. Each new mechanical tower tells another exciting story of further regeneration - Liverpool One for starters. Costing around £1 billion, the project is the biggest single private sector investment Liverpool has ever seen and will create over 3,500 jobs. Not to mention all the regeneration down at the King’s Dock area and the Echo Arena Liverpool. Then there’s Ropewalks, where we’ve already made our mark with projects like Concert Square, Tea Factory, Vanilla Factory and the legendary Alma de Cuba, in St Peter’s Church.

The public and private sectors have committed £3 billion to the transformation of Liverpool city centre with over £200 million of private sector investment in the Baltic Triangle alone; £100 million of which is down to us. It’s all going on and that’s why Tribeca will help create a setting for the transformation of the Great George Street area, revitalizing it and making it a part of the city’s ever changing skyline.

Right from the start, the Great George Street area has been an integral piece of the city centre jigsaw. An historic area bordered by Ropewalks, Paradise Street and Kings Dock, it links Hope Street, the Cathedral Quarter and the University Quarter down to the river. With historic and Listed buildings such as the Blackie and the Wedding Shop at opposing ends, Great George Street sits in the shadow of the World’s fifth largest cathedral, towering over it all.

Historically, the Great George Street area played host to a cultural melting pot in the city… from wealthy merchants right through to a constantly shuffled deck of sailors on shore leave and hopefuls heading for a new life in America.

English mingling, wrestling, flirting and singing with the Irish, Chinese, Welsh, Scots, Eastern European, African and Scandinavian... one of the very first multicultural communities in the UK. Tribeca will also rub shoulders with Chinatown, the oldest Chinese community in Europe, commemorated with a 50ft high gateway arch - the largest such arch outside China. It was built in Shanghai, dismantled, shipped to Liverpool, reassembled and officially unveiled in September 2000.