the yorkshire region | ONE YORK PLACE
Leeds office agency team has secured a letting at One York Place in Leeds City Centre to Prometheus Enterprises UK Limited.
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has relocated from Sterling House on Meanwood Road in Leeds into the 3,460 sq.ft top floor on a 10 year lease. One York Place is an extensively refurbished high quality office building situated directly opposite the Bank of England in the heart of Leeds’ Central Business District. The building offers contemporary suites from 1,500sq.ft comprising ground and 4 upper floors with a secure basement car park, bike racks and communal breakout areas. Alex Hailey, Associate Director at
CBRE’s Leeds Office, said; “We are delighted to secure the latest letting at One York Place to Prometheus Enterprises UK Limited. Upon the advice of CBRE, Glentrool has recently completed a £175,000 refurbishment of the common parts and offices to offer tenants contemporary office accommodation behind the impressive Grade II Listed façade.
NEW PROPERTY PARTNER AT BEVAN BRITTAN
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aw firm Bevan Brittan announces that Deborah Powell is joining the firm’s new Leeds office as a property partner. She joins from Simpson Millar in Leeds where she was head of commercial property. Deborah will be reuniting with other members of her previous team who have joined Bevan Brittan over the past few months, including Lyndon Campbell who joined from Simpson Millar as a Senior Associate when the office opened in September.
Deborah has more than 20 years' commercial legal experience with expertise across all aspects of property and real estate including high value and complex acquisition work, sales and leasebacks, disposals and support for major corporate transactions. Her wide range of clients includes housing associations, house builders, funders and other private sector housing concerns in the development and management of housing and mixed use schemes. She was on the Board of Headrow Housing Group from 1998 to 2014. Michael Boyd, head of the Leeds office at Bevan Brittan, said: “I’m delighted that Deborah is joining the firm. We are assembling a property team with real strength and depth.”
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MONTHLY 2016
eading Yorkshire property consultancy Dove Haigh Phillips (DHP) has strengthened its team with the appointments of Simon Dove and Sarah- Jayne Lishman.
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niche Leeds-based consultancy from Landwood Group, where they worked together. Mike Haigh, partner of Dove Haigh
Phillips, commented: “These are two significant appointments for us, which strengthen our team considerably. This is our 10th anniversary year and we are looking to build on our success so far. Simon and Sarah-Jayne’s expertise and commitment will enable us to do this. “Their combined knowledge of all aspects of the property sector in Yorkshire and beyond will be invaluable to DHP, giving our team a breadth of skill and knowledge which will of great benefit to our clients,” said Mr Haigh. Simon Dove, who joins as a partner,
commented: “My main remit at DHP will be agency and development work. This is a wonderful opportunity to join a very successful niche Yorkshire Partnership, with a fantastic skillset and a superb track record”.
cting on behalf of Ilkley based Glentrool Estates Group Ltd, CBRE’s
£19M DEVELOPMENT
uxury student accommodation provider, IconInc, has announced it is set to build its second development, The Glassworks on Cardigan Road in Leeds. Launched by Parklane Group, Sunday Times Lettings Agency of the Year bronze award winner, in September 2015, IconInc instantly hit national headlines dubbed as “Britain's most luxurious student digs”, for its first development, The Edge in Leeds. Building on the success of IconInc’s launch, the Company is expanding its offering of high-end student living. The second development in Leeds, The Glassworks, valued at £19m, is set to open September 2017 and will yet again raise the level of student living featuring 154 luxury apartments.
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The Glassworks site in Leeds has been derelict for 15 years and the
redevelopment will regenerate and give a new lease of life to the area, as well as providing 10 jobs.
Catering to a demand in the student
rental market for luxury living, the 6 storey development will provide boutique hotel- like living 365 days of the year with en-suite bathrooms, plush double or king beds, a flat screen TV, high-speed Wi-Fi and all- inclusive utility bills.
AT THE DOUBLE!
ull planning approval has been granted for the redevelopment of a redundant 2.5 acre site at the junction of Regent Street and Skinner Lane on the edge of Leeds city centre. The work is planned to get underway in May and hopefully be completed by Christmas.
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The approval comes after an unusually long planning process pursued by local developer, Gregory Property Group, to transform the derelict site and bring much needed convenience and leisure facilities, as well as new jobs, to the neighbourhood which incorporates Mabgate. Gregory has secured strong performing occupiers for the site which was formerly a Reg Vardy Renault dealership before closing down some years ago. National discount food retailer, Aldi, has committed to a 16,500 sq.ft food store along with Pure Gym taking 18,500 sq.ft for a 24-hour fitness facility. In addition Poundworld Retail is taking 7,500 sq.ft. “The arrival of three quality tenants is
excellent and welcome news for the local community which has always supported the venture” according to Barry Gregory, Chairman of Gregory Property Group who added “the site has been vacant since 2008 and become a major eye-sore”.
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£6.2 MILLION HUB AT LOGIC LEEDS
use Developments has officially handed over the keys to John Lewis
for its new £6.2 million customer delivery hub at Logic Leeds. The 50,500 sq ft state-of-the-art distribution warehouse is situated in the heart of Muse’s flagship 110-acre development in the Leeds City Region Enterprise Zone by Junction 45 of the M1. It includes 4,000 sq.ft of offices. John Lewis, which has signed a 20-
year-lease, will create 65 jobs at its new facility. The hub, which will become fully operational in July, will service online orders for home delivery. The new hub reinforces John Lewis’s commitment to the region with the store in York which opened in April 2014 and the new shop in Leeds, set to open later this year. John Lewis Leeds will be one of the
retailer’s biggest department stores outside London at 252,000 sq.ft. The building was sold to AXA’s UK
Long Lease Property Fund for £6.2 million by Muse last year prior to commencement of construction. One, an 80,840 sq.ft warehouse and distribution space which includes 4,000 sq.ft of offices and 100 car parking spaces.
LEEDS GATEWAY SITE SET FOR REVIVAL
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