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| Liverpool's Royal Albert Dock up for sale for £50m | Liverpool's Royal Albert Dock up for sale for £50m |
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| Albert Dock forms part of Liverpool's celebrated waterfront | |
| Liverpool's Royal Albert Dock is up for sale for about £50m. | Liverpool's Royal Albert Dock is up for sale for about £50m. |
| The dock has become a tourist attraction, drawing about six million people a year since it was rejuvenated from a derelict site in the 1980s. | The dock has become a tourist attraction, drawing about six million people a year since it was rejuvenated from a derelict site in the 1980s. |
| The investment company which owns it has instructed property agents to sell nearly 400,000 sq ft of shops, offices, hotels and restaurants. | The investment company which owns it has instructed property agents to sell nearly 400,000 sq ft of shops, offices, hotels and restaurants. |
| The Grade I-listed dock - once the location of ITV's This Morning - was granted a royal title in 2018. | The Grade I-listed dock - once the location of ITV's This Morning - was granted a royal title in 2018. |
| A spokesman for owners CBRE Investment Management confirmed "375,295 sq ft of mixed use commercial space at the Royal Albert Dock' is for sale. | A spokesman for owners CBRE Investment Management confirmed "375,295 sq ft of mixed use commercial space at the Royal Albert Dock' is for sale. |
| It follows another waterfront landmark - the neighbouring Liver Building - on to the market. | It follows another waterfront landmark - the neighbouring Liver Building - on to the market. |
| The Liver Building was put up for sale with a £90m price tag. | The Liver Building was put up for sale with a £90m price tag. |
| The dock was opened in 1846 but fell into disuse in the 1970s as part of the city's decline. | The dock was opened in 1846 but fell into disuse in the 1970s as part of the city's decline. |
| The dock, officially opened by Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert on 30 July 1846, was redeveloped into a visitor attraction in the 1980s and named Royal Albert Dock in a ceremony at Tate Liverpool. | The dock, officially opened by Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert on 30 July 1846, was redeveloped into a visitor attraction in the 1980s and named Royal Albert Dock in a ceremony at Tate Liverpool. |
| The dock was abandoned in the 1970s | The dock was abandoned in the 1970s |
| The Albert Dock, designed by architect and dock engineer Jesse Hartley, was given Grade I-listed status in 1952 but was abandoned 20 years later. | The Albert Dock, designed by architect and dock engineer Jesse Hartley, was given Grade I-listed status in 1952 but was abandoned 20 years later. |
| The deserted dock was the backdrop to the final episode of Alan Bleasdale's bleak depiction of unemployment in 1982 in his BBC One series The Boys From The Blackstuff. | The deserted dock was the backdrop to the final episode of Alan Bleasdale's bleak depiction of unemployment in 1982 in his BBC One series The Boys From The Blackstuff. |
| It was later redeveloped, with the first phase completed in 1984. | It was later redeveloped, with the first phase completed in 1984. |
| Two years later the Merseyside Maritime Museum opened on the site, followed by Tate Liverpool in 1988. | Two years later the Merseyside Maritime Museum opened on the site, followed by Tate Liverpool in 1988. |
| By the end of decade the revived complex was the setting for ITV's daily magazine show This Morning. | By the end of decade the revived complex was the setting for ITV's daily magazine show This Morning. |
| The redeveloped Albert Dock was reopened in the 1980s | The redeveloped Albert Dock was reopened in the 1980s |
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