Mixed-use city district to house investment platform’s 300-strong team
Investment platform interactive investor (ii) has chosen Leeds’s new 24-acre mixed-use district for its office space in the city.
interactive investor, a flat-fee investment platform, will be taking the entire fourth floor of 3 South Brook Street, one of Aire Park’s first buildings.
Spanning 23,261 sq ft, the floor will include meeting rooms, collaboration spaces and workspace for the business’s 300-strong Leeds-based team.
The firm, which has over £70bn of assets under administration and over 450,000 customers, is the latest addition to 3 South Brook Street.
The newly established South Brook Street has already attracted retirement solutions provider TPT and law firm Devonshires as occupiers.
Michael Cronin, head of portfolio at Vastint UK, said: “We’re thrilled to bring Interactive Investor to Aire Park to join our growing community of innovative and award-winning tenants.
“We are delivering an ambitious and thriving commercial hub at South Brook Street, which will sit alongside and support the wider mixed-use offer in this once in a generation project.”
“Once complete, Aire Park will feature over 800,000 sq ft of Grade-A offices, creating space for over 10,000 workers and it is fantastic to be able to welcome occupiers, such as interactive investor, who share our vision for the opportunity being created at Aire Park.”
Christopher Crooks, chief technology officer at interactive investor, added: “We are happy to be moving our Leeds operations to Aire Park where we will be able to give our staff a superb working environment with the best-in-class facilities on offer.
“We are particularly pleased to be moving to a brownfield redevelopment site and one with such history as the Tetley’s brewery.
“The move will give us the additional space we need as our business grows and demonstrates ii’s long-term commitment to the city of Leeds.”
Savills and Colliers worked jointly on this deal on behalf of Vastint UK, with JLL acting for interactive investor.
Once complete, the Aire Park development will also feature an eight-acre public park and over 1,350 homes.
