{"id":550414,"date":"2025-11-05T09:45:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/550414\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:45:16","slug":"former-st-johns-market-set-available-for-new-tenant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/550414\/","title":{"rendered":"Former St John&#8217;s Market set available for new tenant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>St John\u2019s Market closed its doors in 2024 and the now the site it was located at in Liverpool City Centre is being offered for new opportunities in retail, leisure, entertainment or creative sectors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool City Council are working with Avison Young, real estate advisor to bring this site to market.<\/p>\n<p>The site, situated within the iconic St Johns Shopping Centre, offers approximately 90,000 sq ft of accommodation across basement, ground, and mezzanine levels, and is now being marketed for future use.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The size and flexibility of the property means it can be repurposed for a range of businesses, subject to planning. Its flexible layout and prime city-centre location make it an ideal opportunity for operators looking to establish a vibrant, multi-purpose destination in Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>The premises are strategically positioned next to Liverpool Lime Street Station and Liverpool Central Station, which together serve over 36 million passengers annually, ensuring exceptional footfall and connectivity, and is adjacent to Liverpool\u2019s prime retail pitch on Church Street.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/markets-st-johns-1140-e1710156178216.jpg\" alt=\"St Johns Market. Credit: Liverpool City Council\" class=\"wp-image-193365\"\/>St Johns Market. Credit: Liverpool City Council<\/p>\n<p>The property features impressive double-height ceilings and open-plan layouts, offering flexibility for a range of uses. Visitors benefit from dedicated street-level access, as well as DDA-compliant entry via St Johns Shopping Centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The space is equipped with internal lift access, extensive basement servicing areas, and dedicated goods lifts. Additionally, the site enjoys access to over 600 on-site parking spaces, enhancing convenience for both operators and customers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cllr Nick Small, Cabinet Member for Growth and Economy, said: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an incredible opportunity for something different and exciting to come to the streets of the city centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny plans submitted would be subject to planning, but Liverpool City Council is committed to revitalising this key city centre asset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe welcome interest from parties looking to contribute to the vibrancy and economic growth of Liverpool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shutterstock_1989905672.jpg\" alt=\"St Johns Market\" class=\"wp-image-193319\"  \/>Picture \u2013 Gareth Wiley\/ Shutterstock <\/p>\n<p><strong>Joel Lawson, Director at Avison Young, added: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSt John\u2019s Market presents a rare opportunity to repurpose a landmark city centre property in the heart of Liverpool\u2019s retail core.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts scale, prominence and location \u2013 immediately adjacent to Liverpool Lime Street and Central Station \u2013 make it an exceptional opportunity for a wide variety of potential occupiers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be supporting Liverpool City Council, working with Rivington Hark as landlord, to bring the site to market and anticipate strong interest from occupiers seeking to capitalise on high levels of footfall and ongoing momentum in the city\u2019s occupier market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Those interested in the site can contact Avison Young via their website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avisonyoung.co.uk\/en-GB\/web\/liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Knowledge Quarter Liverpool offers up free business support.<a href=\"https:\/\/theguideliverpool.com\/knowledge-quarter-liverpool-launches-new-business-support-network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Find out more here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St John\u2019s Market closed its doors in 2024 and the now the site it was located at in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,388,179,246,176421,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-550414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-lifestyle","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-shopping","14":"tag-st-johns-shopping","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115496455338778632","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}