Unite Grand Central
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Unite Grand Central is a large complex of student housing
Dormitory
A dormitory, often shortened to dorm, in the United States is a residence hall consisting of sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students...

 located next to Lime Street station
Liverpool Lime Street railway station
Liverpool Lime Street is a railway station serving the city centre of Liverpool, England. The station lies on a branch of the West Coast Main Line from London Euston, and on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network...

 in the city centre of Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

, England
England
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. The building are owned by property developer Unite
UNITE Group
- History :The Company was founded in 1991 by Nicholas Porter, who at that time of increasing student numbers saw an opportunity to make money based on student accommodation. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2000.-Operations:...

 and are primarily home to students of Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool John Moores University is a British 'modern' university located in the city of Liverpool, England. The university is named after John Moores and was previously called Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts and later Liverpool Polytechnic before gaining university status in 1992, thus...

. Unite is a private group that also owns six other student halls in Liverpool, including Cambridge Court, Capital Gate, Cedar House, Larch House, Lennon Studios and The Railyard.

The complex located on Skelhorne Street in the L3 district
L postcode area
The L postcode area, also known as the Liverpool postcode area, is a group of postcode districts in Merseyside and Lancashire, specifically around Liverpool in England and including Bootle, Ormskirk and Prescot....

 of Liverpool consists of two separate buildings (containing blocks A-C and D-F respectively). Grand Central was constructed on the site of a former children's hospital and was completed in 2003, it is 13 storeys tall, making it one of the city's taller halls of residence. There are 1,210 flats in Grand Central, with three different room types (en-suite, non-ensuite and studio).

See also

  • List of LJMU halls of residence
  • Unite Group
    UNITE Group
    - History :The Company was founded in 1991 by Nicholas Porter, who at that time of increasing student numbers saw an opportunity to make money based on student accommodation. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2000.-Operations:...


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