City property in the frame again following multi-million pound refurb

A tech company has taken 7,887 sq ft of office space across two floors at One Sovereign Quay, on Leeds Bridge.

The Leeds office of global property consultancy, Knight Frank, played a key role in arranging this letting in one of the city’s most historic buildings, which has just been comprehensively refurbished and restored.

The property played a starring role in one of the very oldest pieces of film in the world. It was the subject of French inventor Louis Le Prince’s pioneering film of industrial Leeds in 1888.

The grainy black-and-while film, showing people and carriages crossing Leeds Bridge, has achieved legendary status as the first moving picture sequence using a single lens camera and a strip of paper.

Victoria Harris, office agency specialist with Knight Frank, which is marketing the building on behalf of Charles Street Buildings Group, said: “This is a building which is steeped in history and is also so full of promise and potential for the future.

“Formerly known as Windsor House, this sleeping giant has undergone a multi-million pound makeover, including the addition of south-facing terraces and full-height glazing on the ground, fourth and fifth floors, which provides over 21,000 sq ft of Grade A office space.

“The letting to this flourish tech company is a ringing endorsement of the quality of the refurbishment and the stunning new office space at One Sovereign Quay.

“There are open plan suites remaining from 4,124 sq ft which are available for immediate occupation and are already to subject of strong interest.”

Facilities include two private roof terraces, secure underground secure parking, storage for bikes, and access to showers and changing facilities.”

Harris added: “By appearing in one of the oldest surviving pieces of film in existence, One Sovereign Quay has truly cemented itself in history.

“Louis Le Prince filmed Leeds Bridge and the surrounding buildings during the heady late-Victorian years of industrial growth and commerce. It’s only right that the building is now re-imagined to reflect Leeds’s continuing regeneration and its need to evolve for contemporary life and work.”