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      Focus on Mariners' Park: multi-million pound investment project gets underway

      6 September 2023

      Image:L-R: An architect's impression of how the development will look. Ground work clearing underway. Images: Pozzoni Architecture and Time-lapse Manchester
      L-R: An architect's impression of how the development will look. Ground work clearing underway. Images: Pozzoni Architecture and Time-lapse Manchester

      Building work is now underway at Nautilus Mariners' Park for the Union's award-winning project in the northwest of England – a combined complex of additional seafarer retirement apartments and new head office.

      Building work is now underway at Nautilus Mariners' Park for the Union's award-winning project in the north-west of the UK –  a combined complex of additional seafarer retirement apartments and new head office.

      Groundwork on the combined office and residents' apartments scheme started on 17 July 2023. This stripped the site behind the current Nautilus House office – formerly the John Davies Infirmary – to make way for 27 apartments and the Union's new head office building. It will have views of the River Mersey in Wallasey, UK.

      John Turner Construction Group are the builders working towards a completion date of August 2024.

      The multi-million investment in Mariners' Park won Nautilus Regional Deal of the Year in the 2022 Mersey Maritime Industry Awards. Judges deemed this strategy for growth to be the most significant deal in the maritime industry within the Liverpool City Region and greater North West within that year. The award recognised Nautilus as best in class for investing in jobs and services in the greater Merseyside area.

      Below are some timelapse images of the work done so far, an artist's impression of the completed complex and a timelapse video.

      Image:The new complex will have a combined apartment and office space. Image: Pozzoni Architecture
      The new complex will have a combined apartment and office space. Image: Pozzoni Architecture
      Image:The new complex will have a combined apartment and office space. Image: Pozzoni Architecture
      The new complex will have a combined apartment and office space. Image: Pozzoni Architecture
      Image:Digging preparations commence for the groundstrike. Groundwork on the combined office and residents' apartments scheme started on 17 July 2023 and builders are working towards a completion date of August 2024. Image: Nautilus International
      Digging preparations commence for the groundstrike. Groundwork on the combined office and residents' apartments scheme started on 17 July 2023 and builders are working towards a completion date of August 2024. Image: Nautilus International
      Image:Clearing the site of the grass and stripping the topsoil. The new complex will have views of the River Mersey. Mere Bank (distant building), bought by a Nautilus predecessor Union, the Mercantile Marine Service Association, has been cleared. Image: Time-lapse Manchester
      Clearing the site of the grass and stripping the topsoil. The new complex will have views of the River Mersey. Mere Bank (distant building), bought by a Nautilus predecessor Union, the Mercantile Marine Service Association, has been cleared. Image: Time-lapse Manchester
      Image:The cleared site with views towards the River Mersey. The hedge visible at left runs beside Manor Lane, used to access the promenade. Image: Time-lapse Manchester
      The cleared site with views towards the River Mersey. The hedge visible at left runs beside Manor Lane, used to access the promenade. Image: Time-lapse Manchester
      Image:By the beginning of August, pre-cast concrete units for the retaining wall, approximately 70m long, are in the process of being lifted in place. Image: Time-lapse Manchester
      By the beginning of August, pre-cast concrete units for the retaining wall, approximately 70m long, are in the process of being lifted in place. Image: Time-lapse Manchester
      Progress video from the start of the 2023 building development at Nautilus Mariners' Park. Video: Regenology/Time-lapse Manchester

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