Liverpool City Region Development Update 2026

In 2017, Rotheram was elected as the first ever Liverpool City Region Mayor, representing 1.6m people across the boroughs of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and the Wirral and was subsequently re-elected in 2021. Since taking office, he has created 60,000 jobs, 30,000 apprenticeships and 30,000 homes. He has taken the historic decision to take back control of the region’s buses, launched a new £500m fleet of publicly owned fleet of trains, and led the region’s economic recovery from the pandemic with a £150m COVID Recovery Fund. In 2024, Rotheram was elected for a third term as Mayor with 68% of the vote, his highest personal mandate and more than any other elected Mayor in the country.

Alexander specialises in Real Estate matters. He has acted for a range of clients both domestically and internationally, covering private and public sectors. He is able to act on the acquisition and disposal of property, landlord and tenant matters and property finance. Alexander's experience includes acting for developers, investors and lenders (primary, secondary and tertiary) covering transactions in the residential, commercial, retail, industrial and care sectors.

Muir co-leads the Liverpool office and is leading the planning for the Kings masterplan development on Liverpool's waterfront, amongst several other major regeneration projects. He is chair of the Royal Town Planning Institute for the North West and planning & transport director for the Baltic Triangle Area CIC.

Byrne specialises in office leasing and occupier advisory services across the North West. With more than 18 years experience in the commercial property market, he advises occupiers and landlords on acquisitions, disposals, leasing strategies and asset repositioning. He has worked with a broad range of public and private sector organisations, delivering strategic property advice to clients including the Royal College of Physicians, Liverpool John Moores University, Maersk, Asics, Unilever, Bruntwood and Liverpool City Council. He is known for helping clients align their real estate strategies with their wider business objectives, whether supporting business growth, improving workplace performance or maximising the value of existing assets.

O'Boyle is an architect specialising in regeneration, infrastructure, and place-making projects across the UK. After working at Hawkins\Brown in London on the delivery of landmark projects including Tottenham Court Road Crossrail Station and the Thames Tideway Tunnel, she relocated to Manchester in 2017 to lead major regeneration and infrastructure projects. She has delivered Strategic Regeneration Frameworks, business cases and visioning studies for numerous local authorities and is currently leading the Liverpool Central Strategic Regeneration Framework on behalf of Liverpool City Council, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and Platform 4.

Gallager has more than two decades of experience in development and placemaking internationally. She is a registered architect and a graduate of Columbia University with a master’s in urban design. Her previous roles include director of planning, environment & placemaking at Limerick City and County Council, head of regeneration for the London Borough of Newham, director for economy of place at Bristol City Council and director of city centre development at Belfast City Council. She has also spent time working in New York, leading on sustainable urban development and teaching at Columbia University. In 2023, Gallagher joined Liverpool City Council.