ANOTHER two restaurant operators have signed up for space in Liverpool city centre's £200m Central Village scheme.

Pan-Asian restaurant Cosmo and Handmade Burger Co are the latest operators to choose Central Village as the location for their first Liverpool outlets.

Cosmo will occupy 14,000 sq ft on the upper plaza level in the refurbished Lewis's building, which will also see the unused upper floors brought back to life as 80,000 sq ft of offices and a 125-bed Adagio apartment-hotel.

The restaurant combines live cooking-theatre with fresh produce, and will be the first of the chain’s already 13-strong restaurant portfolio to open in the north of England.

Handmade Burger Co will occupy 3,272 sq ft in the Central Village Boardwalk building, which will overlook Newington Square.

The 120-seat restaurant, which will include outdoor seating on the boardwalk, will be Handmade Burger Co’s 13th in the UK.

Ian Jones, director at Merepark, the developer responsible for Central Village, said: “This is the latest in a string of operators to sign up to Central Village and shows the scheme as an attractive proposition, capable of bringing new restaurant and leisure brands into the city.”

The deals follow recent lettings to Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito, as well as Odeon, for its second cinema in the city.

Central Village will extend the city’s retail and leisure core with three hotels, offices, retail outlets, restaurants, bars, cafes, a public car park, residential buildings, six cinema screens and landscaped public space, including a boardwalk and water feature.

When complete, the scheme will transform six acres of land behind Liverpool Central Station, Renshaw Street and Bold Street.

Savills advised Merepark on Cosmo and CBRE advised on Handmade Burger Co, who were represented by Burley Browne.