Former international pool site hits the market

A 2.77-acre site which was the home of the former Leeds International Pool has been brought to market as the council announced “it is the right time” to release the land.

Leeds City Council, which owns site on Lisbon Street near Wellington Place, said there was major potential for development of the site. It is currently used for car parking, after the 1960s-constructed pool building was demolished in 2009.

Jeff Pearey, lead director at JLL’s Leeds office, said: “Lisbon Street is a prime site in this thriving quarter of Leeds which has the potential to be redeveloped into a mixed use scheme.

“Businesses such as Link Market Services, Mazars and Reed Smith have more recently located to the city centre and with Channel 4’s arrival we expect Leeds’ international profile to build on this momentum.”

Councillor Judith Blake, leader of Leeds City Council, added: “Leeds is in the middle of delivering a ten billion-pound investment programme across the city centre and is thriving and consistently attracting exciting new names in a number of sectors.

“We feel it is the right time to release the land and open up this multi million pound development opportunity and therefore further regeneration potential in this key gateway location.

“The opportunity for a developer to acquire a site near a number of big name occupiers will be a real draw. The size and location of this land makes it one of the best connected in the city and we are excited to see what development comes forward.”

Leeds city centre is set to double in size in the coming years and broke several construction records in 2018. According to Deloitte’s Crane Survey, the construction of 21 new buildings started last year; the highest on record since 2007.

Currently, there is over 800,000 sq ft of office accommodation, 2,200 residential units and 2,700 student bed spaces under construction in the city centre.