Revamp starts for landmark leisure venue
WORK is about to start to refurbish a landmark leisure venue in Leeds following its acquisition last year by Yorkshire property development company Rushbond.
Rushbond has appointed Ilkley-based Quarmby Construction to renovate The Majestic, the former home of the Majestyk nightclub, which has stood empty for five years.
The six-month scheme will include creating two self-contained units, one at basement level and one at the ground floor with balconies including a roof terrace overlooking Leeds City Square.
Leeds-based Rushbond says the renovation will create a basement venue suitable for a night club, live music venue and a bar.
The ground floor, comprising balconies and mezzanine levels for bar and restaurant facilities, will have a Leeds City Square entrance.
The outside of the building will also be repaired.
A national marketing campaign to identify an operator for the venue is being launched by Rushbond with the appointment of the London and Leeds offices of property consultants, Savills, and the Leeds office of Pudney Shuttleworth.
Rushbond managing director Jonathan Maud said: “We’re excited to be starting work on renovating The Majestic, one of Leeds most significant and attractive buildings, which will make it more accessible to local people and complete the transformation of Leeds City Square.”
The building, initially opened as a 2,400-seat cinema, with a basement restaurant, which closed in 1969.
It then became a bingo hall which eventually closed and made way for The Majestyk which featured six bars with space for 3,000 revellers until its closure, after about ten years, in 2006.
The plans were approved by Leeds City Council.
