Refurbishment in progress at city centre retail property
A retail space in one of Leeds’ busiest streets will soon be attracting prospective tenants after a specialist firm of chartered building surveyors and project managers started work on the building.
Leeds-based Silverstone Building Consultancy is in the process of readying number 7 Commercial Street in the city centre for occupancy, after shoe chain Ecco gave notice.
Silverstone was appointed by landlord Eriah to manage a dilapidations claim and the firm has subsequently been instructed to undertake a refurbishment project which will be complete in the coming weeks.
The project is the latest in a long line of recent successes for Silverstone, despite the impact of the pandemic.
The company, which has a branch in Newcastle upon Tyne and opened an office in Leeds’ Park Square in 2018, was also monitoring surveyor on the development of five new industrial units at Barnsley’s Ashroyd Business Park, and worked on behalf of The Hanro Group on the restoration of a historic office building on Piccadilly, York.
Its team has also completed a series of surveys on hangars and offices at Doncaster Sheffield Airport, structural repairs and car park refurbishments at Sheffield’s Meadowhall, and a series of surveys across a UK-wide portfolio of 20 properties on behalf of Mapeley Estates.
Ben Rennocks, director at Silverstone in Leeds, said: “We are pleased to be working on this prominent city centre retail unit to refresh the premises and ultimately assist the landlord in securing a new tenant for the vacant space.
“Our team is doing well in very challenging times, having confirmed a significant number of instructions throughout Yorkshire and beyond for 2021.”
7 Commercial Street is a 2,115 sq ft retail property, which is on the market to let through Leeds-based Central Retail.
