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Liverpool new stadium Anfield Everton council leader Joe Anderson throws club lifeline EXCLUSIVE - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk City Council leader Joe Anderson is ready to offer Liverpool a lifeline, as the club’s future hangs in the balance. Plans to dramatically increase crowd capacity are under serious threat because of planning issues, and deadlines for taking up the lease on building land. Liverpool set for war with council over Anfield Club officials are acutely aware the gap between themselves and Manchester United is growing ever wider, because of their bitter rival’s massive attendance advantage on matchday, especially in the corporate area. If that gap isn’t closed soon, then Liverpool fear they will lose their status as a world leader in the sport, and be forever relegated to the second tier of the game. The club has been feverishly exploring two opposing options, on whether to redevelop Anfield or build a new stadium on nearby Stanley Park. But with a deadline soon to run out on the lease over the park, and Liverpool no nearer to resolving finance issues relating to the two projects, they are now faced with the danger of doing neither…and falling behind. Anderson though, has pledged to offer every help possible to the club to achieve their aim of increasing capacity, to allow them to remain amongst the elite of world football. The council recognise the business advantage such a status brings to the city, and the leader insisted that, despite claims from disgruntled fans’ groups, he has absolutely no agenda against either football club in the city. “We realise the issue over the lease is a difficult one for the football club, and we have already extended the deadline for a period of six months to allow time to explore all options,” he explained. “What we can’t do is give an open cheque and an open guarantee, because ultimately while we have a responsibility to the club and the fans, we also have a responsibility to the people in the Anfield area, who have been living in squalor for 10 years. “But we recognise there are new owners who have to explore all decisions, and if they can demonstrate there is a real need for more time to make that decision, then we are prepared to extend the deadline further. “From our point of view we have always had a good relationship with the club, and we’ll bend over backwards to do whatever we can to support the decision they make.” It is a complicated issue that has come down to something of a stand off between the club and the council over the opposing plans to develop Anfield or build a new stadium. Some fans have expressed fears the leader has an agenda to build a shared stadium on dock development land in the city, but Anderson has dismissed that idea as “absolute nonsense”. The reality is actually very different. Liverpool were leaning towards building a new stadium on Stanley Park, but have so far been unable to secure the naming rights for the new ground that would provide sufficient funds to get it built. If they take on the lease on the land and then don’t build, it will be a crippling future cost that would prove seriously damaging. But with the September deadline looming over the lease, if they don’t take up the right to develop the land, they will be left with only the chance to expand the Anfield stadium…and that is fraught with danger. Central government planning controls – which have nothing to do with the local council – would most likely lead to a lengthy enquiry that would delay development, and could prevent it altogether. As one club official admitted, there is now a very real danger of Liverpool being forced to remain with their current 45,000 capacity, which would damage the club and the local economy. LFC is a prize asset to the council, because they are one of the few world-leading businesses in the area, and that is why Anderson is determined to offer support. But he insisted Liverpool must demonstrate progress in their decision over the future, whether that means redeveloping Anfield or building a new stadium. “I am really disappointed with what some people have been claiming, because it is a load of tripe. Any decision over a shared stadium is a decision for the two football clubs, and nothing to do with us,” Anderson added. “Likewise, we can’t simply grant compulsory purchase orders that will allow houses next to Anfield to be knocked down to increase the stadium capacity. There are central government guidelines, and there has to be a demonstrable regeneration of the area. “A bigger stadium on its own doesn’t regenerate the area, so we have work with the club to ensure the criteria is met. And we are not just working with Liverpool. We are speaking with Everton too on an almost weekly basis about their plans for relocation. “In the end, we will do all we can to help Liverpool, because they are an important business element of the city. But we have to protect to residents of the area too.” Ideally, Liverpool would like more time to explore the option of increasing capacity at Anfield, but that still seems a difficult option, and their most likely course is to build a new stadium. That though, would be dependent on getting the financial backing a naming rights deal would provide, and again, the club needs time for that to happen. Anderson’s offer yesterday, which he exclusively revealed to the Mirror, will ease the pressure on the club, but they know they still face a huge milestone in the club’s history, as they attempt to secure their future amongst the world elite.

We've had no contact with the Liverpool Preservation Trust and only provided a link to their website to highlight the relationship between the council/Anderson & Peel Holdings. The blog is a very interesting read about Liverpool's world heritage site.

Liverpool news Club could be forced scrap all stadium development plans because dispute with Liverpool City Council - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk Liverpool set for war with council over Anfield Liverpool face the prospect of being forced to scrap ALL their stadium development plans. And that could see the Merseyside club being stuck at Anfield, without any increase in the famous old ground's capacity, because of rigid and unsympathetic deadlines set by the local council. Those deadlines - over a lease needed on the parkland that sits alongside Anfield - have inspired claims from angry fans' groups that the council want to railroad through a shared stadium for the Reds and neighbours Everton. Although Liverpool City Council leader Joe Anderson has rubbished the suggestion that he is intent on a shared stadium because he is an Everton supporter, it is true his hardline stance is threatening the Reds' attempts to expand their current capacity, which stands at less than 45,000. Liverpool's owners, Fenway Sports Group, are currently studying two methods of increasing capacity: either re-develop Anfield or build a new stadium on Stanley Park, which lies between their ground and Everton's Goodison Park stadium. They face a looming deadline, however, over a lease for the parkland, and have been threatened by the City Council with the removal of that lease if they don't make their mind up by September. That leaves the club with a massive dilemma that poses a threat to their future. They know they MUST increase capacity dramatically to stand any chance of competing with the likes of Manchester United and even Arsenal. Currently, Liverpool's match-day revenue lags at nearly £3million per game behind United, because the Manchester club has a capacity almost double that of Anfield, plus a massively greater corporate capacity. Liverpool know they have to get the decision over the two ground options right, because of the importance to the future of the club. But the council's deadline means they don't have the time explore each plan fully. While building costs are an important element of those deliberations, the onus on regeneration of the area around Anfield is also a huge factor, with the club and council at odds over who must carry the financial burden of those plans. Liverpool say the council is ultimately responsible for community regeneration, while they are responsible for the club's future and the best interests of their fans. In what has become a high-stakes showdown with the first side to blink being the loser, the council are forcing the club into a corner, where the losers could be both the fans and the local residents. Which such massive financial decisions at stake, the deadline for the park lease means LIverpool may be forced to let it pass... which would rule out any chance of building a new stadium. That would also leave open the danger that redevelopment of Anfield would not be possible. With the club already adamantly ruling out a move to another site - such as a docklands area identified by the council - it leaves the threat that development plans will collapse completely. Influential observers point out that would damage the club, but also leave the area a desolate building site with no chance of the regeneration the council are hoping for. Liverpool were hoping a stadium naming-rights deals would finance the building of a new ground, but there is not enough time left before the lease's deadline to put that into place. They will plead with the council to extend their deadline and allow the process to exhaust all possibilities, but if that request is ignored, it could spark open political warfare in the city. Already, one fans' group has started an email petition, demanding that Liverpool City Council drop any idea of a shared stadium with Everton, and also the kind of support for Liverpool Football Club they believe is warranted. Kopfaithful, a group that played a major role in the departure of Tom Hicks and George Gillett from the club, have set up the campaign. They are asking all supporters to join them into pressurising the council into backing the club.

They are different scenarios of course, but what would the repayments be if we borrowed £300m with interest added on spread out over a 25 year period? It's a significant amount of money that we would repay annually, but perhaps with the extra revenue from tickets, sponsorship, corportate and naming rights factored in, it is manageable and affordable as you say.

Regneration of the Anfield area is of paramount importance and needs resolving asap, but if the club do move to a new stadium, from a commercial perspective would it be more beneficial for the club to move to the Docks rather than Stanley Pk where there are plans for a £10 billion Liverpool Waters and Wirral Waters scheme? Would Liverpool FC be able to maximise its earning potential and attract a bigger naming rights deal at the docks or at Stanley Park? Liverpool Waters News - Peel unveil plans for the North West’s tallest building at Liverpool Waters

That would certainly put a different spin on it. However we would still be committed to paying Laing O'Rourke or another contractor the £300m cost (less retention) once the project was completed and handed over. The revenue generated from naming rights would be spread out over a 10 year + period and we wouldn't get the money up front to offset the cost straight away. If we loan the money from the banks to build a new stadium could we be in a similar position as we were under H&G with crippling interest repayments? £300m + interest is a lot of money to repay even if you factor in naming rights. Would FSG & their investors consider covering half of the cost in the short-term and seek reimbursement at a later date perhaps?

The feedback that we have received indicates that the cost of a new build stadium would be approximately £300m, while redevelopement would cost approx £130m.

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Name & Registered Office: THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CO (ANFIELD) LTD 115 CRAVEN PARK ROAD LONDON N15 6BL Company No. 05206099 30/09/08 - APPOINTMENT TERMINATED SECRETARY SHARON BOMSZTYK Sharon Bomsztyk Manager @ Rico Group Name & Registered Office: THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CO (HULL) LTD 115 CRAVEN PARK RD LONDON N15 6BL Company No. 05802327 Name & Registered Office: THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CO. (INVESTORS CONSORTIUM) LTD 115 CRAVEN PARK RD LONDON N15 6BL Company No. 06548333 Name & Registered Office: THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CO. (MANAGEMENT) LTD. 115 CRAVEN PARK ROAD LONDON N15 6BL Company No. 05449809 Previous Names: Date of change Previous Name 05/08/2005 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CO (SEFTON) LTD 23/05/2007 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CO. (FOLKESTONE)LTD. 13/07/2006 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CO (ASHFIELD) LTD Name & Registered Office: THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CO. (R + D) LTD. 115 CRAVEN PARK RD LONDON N15 6BL Company No. 05861570 Previous Names: Date of change Previous Name 30/08/2006 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CO (FINANCING) LTD 25/07/2007 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CO. (CHESTER) LTD Name & Registered Office: THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CO (REGENERATION) LTD RICO HOUSE, GEORGE STREET PRESTWICH MANCHESTER M25 9WS Company No. 06406010 Robert Issler – Appointment terminated Director & Secretary 23/07/08 Owner, Rico Group of Companies – Manchester, Commercial Real Estate http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1097879&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=tABz&locale=en_US&srchid=de89c3e1-4cac-4a45-919d-9be386b1c0ce-0&srchindex=1&srchtotal=3&goback=%2Efps_PBCK_*1_Robert_Issler_*1_*1_*1_*1_*51_*1_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_true_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2&pvs=ps&trk=pp_profile_name_link Robert Issler Rico House George Street Manchester, Lancashire M25 9WS UK Administrative Contact: Issler, Robert Company Index) Name & Registered Office: THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CO (ROCKFIELD) LTD 115 CRAVEN PARK ROAD LONDON N15 6BL Company No. 05414299 Sandra Turner (Secretary) – Appointment terminated 19/11/09 Gerard Martin Cooley (Director) – Appointed 01/04/2010 Paul James McAllister (Director) – Appointed 01/04/2010 Derek Smith (Director) – Appointment terminated 28/07/09 Derek Smith | LinkedIn Media Centre / Liverpool Press Releases / GHOST TOWN IS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE! - newheartlands.co.uk Robert Issler (Director) – Appointment terminated 23/07/08 Name & Registered Office: THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT (HOLDING) CO LTD 115 CRAVEN PARK ROAD LONDON N15 6BL Company No. 04148751 Previous Names: Date of change Previous Name 03/06/2003 GLOBAL DIAMOND CERTIFICATION CORP LIMITED 01/09/2004 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD Sandra Turner (Secretary) – Appointment terminated 18/11/09 Gerard Martin Cooley (Secretary) – Appointed 12/05/2010 Paul James McAllister (Director) – Appointed 13/05/2010 Name & Registered Office: THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTORS CONSORTIUM LTD 115 CRAVEN PARK ROAD LONDON N15 6BL Company No. 03888707 Previous Names: Date of change Previous Name 29/03/2004 STARLUCK LTD REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 22/12/99 FROM: G OFFICE CHANGED 22/12/99 39A LEICESTER ROAD SALFORD LANCASHIRE M7 4AS The Property Syndicate Company Ltd The Property Syndicate Company Ltd : 39A Leicester Road, Salford, M7 4AS

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ADHC have been a ‘phenomenal’ partner. So phenomenal that they went into receivership presumably owing thousands of pounds.

The lead clients for the regeneration of Anfield-Breckfield were Liverpool City Council, Liverpool Football Club and Arena Housing (the council’s Registered Social Landlord partner) so I imagine the tender process was probably instigated by LCC/Arena or an advisor. Former EHO Siobhan McCoy, divisional manager of Liverpool’s HMRI (Housing Market Renewal Initiative) says ADHC have been a ‘phenomenal’ partner. She says: ‘According to our assessments the area should have been demolished but the community said they’d like to retain these properties. We put out a tender to see what interest there was to get a viable scheme and we only got two responses. One was from a developer who proposed quite a lot of clearance to make the scheme financially viable, the other was from AHDC.' Does anyone honestly think that only 2 developers were interested in tendering for a project where long-term there were 252 houses for sale at £1 each from Arena Housing Association and Liverpool City Council ?

The Affordable Housing Development Company (AHDC) was selected as the preferred private sector partner in February 2006 and they carried out a comprehensive refurbishment programme to tackle vacant properties owned by the City Council and Arena Housing in Tancred Road, so this would have been during Moores' ownership of the club.

Liverpool Football Club sold the 10 properties to AHDC to enable the pilot scheme in Skerries Road to be carried out. We are keen to discover why these properties were sold to a company who are owned by a New York businessman with no real connection to the club or the local area. THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CO (ROCKFIELD) LTD subsequently went into Receivership having failed to repay their debts.

We are investigating who was responsible from LFC (pre-FSG) for instigating the sale of ten properties to AHDC at a price below market value & whether their intentions were wholly genuine. We are also attempting to ascertain why a company owned by a New York based businessman were awarded the contract for the refurbishment of the properties in Skerries Road and what the sequence of events were that led to AHDC (Rockfield) Ltd going into receivership. The sale made it feasible for AHDC to refurbish the properties commercially and establish an asset base against which the company could raise additional development finance. We are keen to learn more about KRAUS, MOSHE (sole director of THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CO (ANFIELD) LTD) and KRAUS, MARTIN (director of THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CO (ROCKFIELD) LTD) of 33 LENORE AVENUE, MONSEY, NEW YORK 10952 USA