£1m revamp for landmark city property
Over £1m is being spent on upgrading one of Leeds city centre’s most revered properties, Albion Court.
The 31,400 sq ft Victorian former Church of England Institute, on the corner of Albion Place and Lands Lane, was bought by Manchester-based property company Glenbrook Investments in September last year.
Now the company is extensively upgrading the offices above ground level and basement.
Glenbrook Investment’s director, Scott Griffiths, said: “Our contractors started on site this week and we are excited to see all the hard work in planning and designing the changes to the interior now being realised.
“The retail tenants on the ground floor, Pizza Express, Byron Burger and Card Factory will remain as they are, but the office reception area, basement, all communal areas and vacant offices are to be completely refurbished and upgraded.
“We wanted to reveal the features of the building and create a boutique style that is sympathetic to the architecture and history.”
Clem McDowell, office agency director at Carter Towler, added: “We are thrilled to have been appointed by Glenbrook to market these fantastic Grade A+ offices.
“The interior designs are exceptional – the colours and textures, the quality of the materials and the feature lighting is more in keeping with a high-end boutique hotel, but it’s absolutely what this property deserves.
“From the tip of its elegant spire to the events and exercise space in the basement, Albion Court will be one of the classiest office offerings in the city.”
Scheduled for completion this autumn, two office suites are available ranging from 4,000 to 8,300 sq ft. Carter Towler and Lambert Smith Hampton are joint agents marketing Albion Court.
