Liverpool developer Legacie is best known for large city centre residential schemes such as Heaps Mill and The Gateway in Liverpool but the firm is delivering 182 social housing units across three schemes. Tony McDonough reports
Liverpool developer Legacie Developments is delivering 182 social housing units across three schemes in Liverpool, Runcorn and Salford.
Best known for its large city centre residential schemes such as Heaps Mill and The Gateway in Liverpool, Legacie Developments is also growing its social housing offer by partnering with registered providers.
These three developments – Mercia Place in Runcorn, The Old Baths in Garston and St Simon Street in Salford – represent a growing focus for Legacie, alongside its established private residential development programme.
They are being delivered in partnership with Halton Homes, South Liverpool Homes and MSV Housing and supported by Homes England.
Homes are being provided for older residents, people moving on from homelessness and families requiring emergency accommodation, alongside wider affordable and mixed-tenure housing.
Two of the schemes are now complete or approaching completion, with Mercia Place in Runcorn completed in August 2026 and The Old Baths in Garston due to complete in the coming weeks. St Simon Street in Salford is scheduled for completion in late 2026.
The projects have all been co-funded through Homes England, with St Simon Street also supported by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Salford City Council.
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John Morley, chief executive of Legacie, said: “Our expansion into social housing is a hugely important step for Legacie and reflects our commitment to playing our part in addressing the shortage of high-quality homes for everybody across the North West.
“These projects are about more than delivering high-quality housing. They create jobs, apprenticeships and opportunities for local businesses, while working with housing providers and public-sector partners to deliver homes where they are needed most.”