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Leeds Arena
Plans for the Leeds arena continue to develop and Leeds City Council remain committed to its delivery. Funding from the Government has been confirmed, this despite the best attempts of our cousins in Sheffield to derail the process.The operators of the Arena in Sheffield are bitterly upset that Government money is being used to fund an arena in Leeds which they see as a commercial threat to their own offering. Tough!
Date posted - 30/01/2010
Trinity Quarter
Land Securities, the developers of Leeds’ latest shopping experience, intend to re-start construction this year with a view to opening the centre in 2012 after making good progress with new lettings. Land Securities are a major investor in Leeds as owners of White Rose and Leeds Shopping Plaza and once Trinity is completed, they will have around £1bn invested in city.Date posted - 30/01/2010
City Living Survey
We are working with Knight Frank, King Sturge, Savills and Alsop on this year’s survey which is being written by Rachael Unsworth of Leeds University. The report will analyse the pipeline of city centre apartments in some detail and include comments from the owners of potential new developments regarding their plans for the future. We are hoping that the report will put to bed myths about thousands of empty apartments in Leeds city centre once and for allDate posted - 30/01/2010
Granary Wharf
The three buildings that make up the new Granary Wharf are now largely complete. The award winning City Inn Hotel is flanked by two residential buildings- Watermans Place and the Candle House and all are surrounded by high quality open space and the canal. The ground floors and the old arches are being populated by restaurants and bars and this will undoubtedly become one of the city’s most popular places to live with wide range of apartment types and styles on offer.Date posted - 30/01/2010
Arena update
The reality of a world class arena moved a step closer recently as demolition works started on site and the design team were named. The Brunswick Building will be cleared to make way for a temporary car park before construction work proper starts to ensure that the arena opens in 2012. Jacobs will lead the design process and will be supported by Populous, who have previously worked on Wembley Stadium and Wimbledon’s new Centre Court.Date posted - 11/05/2009
Green shoots of recovery?
No-one dare mention the green shoots of recovery but after two very slow years in sales in the city centre, we can report that activity levels are now consistently higher than they have been for some time. This is reflected in higher viewing numbers and a consistent flow of new sales to the point where there is a shortage of quality apartments for sale in the better schemes.Whether this is a Spring blip or the beginnings of a gentle recovery remains to be seen.
Date posted - 11/05/2009
Wellington Place
Developers MEPC should be congratulated for reacting so positively to the inevitable delays in construction on their 20 acre site on Wellington Street. They are spending considerable sums of money on a temporary public square, five-a-side football pitches and landscaping works to ensure that their site doesn’t become a wasteland.Other developers might like to take a leaf out of their book!
Date posted - 11/05/2009
Northern Ballet Theatre
NBT is celebrating its 40th anniversary in style this year with the work to create its new home with Phoenix Dance finally getting underway at Quarry Hill. The £12m needed to fund the construction is being raised through the Arts Council for England, Leeds City Council, Yorkshire Forward and an appeal- www.building-momentum.co.uk.Leeds is the only city outside London with resident Opera and Ballet companies
Date posted - 11/05/2009
Flood alleviation
A debate is now underway in Leeds about how best to deal with the threat of flooding as a consequence of climate change. Current proposals from the Environment Agency will require that walls several meters high will be built on the river’s edge. This will create a visual and practical blight and alternative proposals are now being worked up by Arup and Sturgeon North Architects around the concept of a diverted watercourse which would have the further beneficial effect of opening up acres of land to the south of the river for prestige development.Date posted - 11/05/2009
The Stirling Prize 2008
Stirling Prize winner, Keith Bradley of Fielden Clegg Bradley is the architect for the redevelopment of the Broadcasting House site on Woodhouse Lane, formerly home to the BBC. The buildings are currently being clad in rusted steel and will certainly turn heads- our very own Angel of the North!Date posted - 24/03/2009
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