A major Liverpool developer has been accused of ripping off investors. He says he’s the victim of ‘blackmail’

Once a fighter, now a property developer, this isn’t the first time Mitchell Walsh has found himself on the receiving end of body-blows.

As the CEO of Integritas, a company that says it is “built on a vision that prioritises integrity, trust, transparency and genuine quality,” Walsh has positioned himself since 2019 as a kind of antidote to the stereotypical Liverpool developer: The sort that have blighted the city’s reputation with failed schemes and high-profile arrests in the past two decades.

Speaking to the Echo in 2022, Walsh acknowledged the “bad rap” developers had earned in Liverpool, but said he could change the image. “As a local lad I want to give something back to the community,” he said. His firm now employs around 20 people and has built two luxury apartment blocks in Liverpool.

But over the past few weeks The Post has been hearing from several investors in a signature Walsh development, named Central Point, who tell a very different story. They say they spent tens of thousands on a scheme which has yet to materialise — well past its initial deadline. According to one investor, Yasemin Iscan, who is currently in the middle of a legal dispute with Integritas, when she tried to sound the alarm she was met with a series of letters from lawyers.

The Post and three other publications have been working on this story in the past month and clearly the pressure on Walsh has been mounting. But are the accusations against him fair? On Thursday he agreed to a 45-minute interview, in which he defended his company vociferously. Walsh described a situation where an “extremely complex” new piece of legislation has led to delays in Central Point, but that it will still be completed.

He accused Iscan of conducting a campaign of “blackmail” against his company, telling us he had no choice but to challenge her “wildly inaccurate” online comments.

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