This is how a brand new coffee house and roastery could look when it opens on the ground floor of the Eastbank enterprise arcade in Southport town centre.
Local firm Crosby Coffee is making preparations to move into the space, adding to the number of outlets it operates across the Liverpool City Region.
The space was previously occupied by the Gallary Grill restaurant.
The £1.5 million Eastbank enterprise arcade opened last year as one of the schemes funded through Southport Town Deal.
The building overlooks Southport Market Quarter, where the £6.25 million public realm improvement scheme was completed at the end of last year.
The 8,000sq ft Eastbank building provides high-quality workspace and modern amenities for entrepreneurs and start-up businesses in the digital and creative sectors.
It aims to become a central hub for these businesses, providing a strong foundation to grow this vital sector of Sefton’s economy while creating new jobs, developing skills, and opening opportunities for the local community.
SoPodio has since opened a high-end podcast studio in the building, while Hatters Digital Marketing Agency moved in last year as the first tenant.
Crosby Coffee is the latest tenant preparing to move in, activating the ground floor.
The firm has submitted a planning application to Sefton Council so it can install signage to the front of the building, along with a non-illuminated projecting hanging wall sign.
Crosby Coffee started in 2014 as founder Jack Foster’s pursuit of better coffee for the North West, inspired by the vibrant London coffee scene, moved into its first home on Bridge Road Industrial Estate in Litherland.
Jack began roasting coffee at home, experimenting with American home roasters, sharing bags with friends and family, and selling at local markets under the Crosby Coffee name, a tribute to his hometown.
What started as a small passion project quickly grew into one of Liverpool’s most exciting independent coffee roasters when Mark Slinger joined forces in 2016 to steer the growth and financial direction of the company forward.
Now co-owned by Jack and Mark, the firm ensures that every bean is roasted in-house at their Ten Streets Roastery in Liverpool.
Other Crosby Coffee outlets include:
The Roastery and Coffee Shop: 13 Glegg Street, L3 7DX
Lark Lane Coffee Shop: 62 Lark Lane, L17 8UP
Waterloo Coffee Shop: 2 Oxford Road, L22 8QF
Hightown Coffee Shop: 2 Alt Rd, Hightown, L38 0BF
The Enterprise Arcade complements other major Town Deal regeneration initiatives in Southport.
These include the development of the £106 million Marine Lake Events Centre, and the £1.5 million transformation of Southport Market into a busy food, drink and events space.
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