Leading retailer signs up for Trinity Leeds
LEADING high street retailer Primark is to take 90,000 sq ft of space at the Trinity Leeds shopping centre.
The news of the store comes as developer Hammerson submits a planning application to power part of its Eastgage Quarters scheme in the city with a Low Carbon Energy Centre (LCEC).
Developer Land Securities has revealed that Primark will be the fashion retailer to open the biggest store in the Trinity Leeds retail scheme.
The deal will bring 240 jobs to the 1m sq ft shopping and leisure destination, which is set to open in 2013.
Andrew Dudley, of Land Securities, who is heading the landmark £350m development, said: “There’s a real sense of excitement in the city about the Trinity Leeds development and its investment in Leeds.
“You can already see that it is transforming the city and people are eagerly awaiting the opening. Primark’s new store has just increased the anticipation.”
Meanwhile, Hammerson has submitted plans for the LCEC which aims to provide a “sustainable energy infrastructure” at its site.
The LCEC would generate sustainable, low carbon heating, cooling and power required by the scheme and neighbouring homes and businesses.
It is hoped that the LCEC would significantly reduce long-term utility costs.
Designed by ACME, the LCEC will enable neighbouring sites and buildings to connect to a community heating and power network, which will be compatible with many forms of renewable energy.
Heat, as well as energy, generated in the process will be fed back to provide heating and cooling, to new and existing developments in the local area. This heat will be supplemented by additional on-site production utilising biomass and renewable fuels.
Joe Swindells, development manager for Hammerson, said: “The addition of a Low Carbon Energy Centre should be a welcome sight in the city centre, not only is the building design a great compliment to the proposed Eastgate scheme, it will benefit the surrounding area and community whilst helping Leeds City Council meet its aims to see a 60% reduction in emissions by 2020.”
The £600m Eastgate scheme will transform a 6.9 hectare brownfield site in the city. A revised planning application for the mixed-use scheme was submitted last month.
