Building Briefs: Letting at Waterfront Wakefield; LaSalle IM deal; Race Cottam works on school; and more
MAIL order company Redcats UK has taken space at CTP St James’s award-winning Waterfront Wakefield development.
Wakefield Council has rented 15,000 sq ft of space at £15 sq ft at the site and sub-let the offices to mail order company Redcats UK.
Oliver Quarmby, of CTP St James, said: “This is tremendous news for our development and for the city of Wakefield. The arrival of our first business occupier is a massive vote of confidence in Waterfront Wakefield and will prove a catalyst for the rest of phase one where we have two further office buildings of 33,000 sq ft to let.
“The apartment building is now fully occupied and there has been a good deal of interest in the retail element of our development, but the arrival of our first office tenant on site should make the idea of running a pub or restaurant on site even more attractive.”
2 Navigation Walk is a grade A three-storey office building with 26 undercroft car parking spaces.
The £100m Waterfront Wakefield project features a mix of high-quality offices and residential buildings and a £26m gallery and centre for creative arts, The Hepworth Wakefield, as well as new space for cafes, bars and restaurants.
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LASALLE Investment Management has leased Unit 4, at Centre 27, Leeds, to Henry Schein UK Holdings.
The letting is on behalf of one of its private clients.
The detached office unit is located within Centre 27 opposite Birstall Retail Park. The deal represents a five year lease at £20,223 per year (£9 sq ft).
The site has attracted occupiers such as Lloyds TSB and Freedom Communications.
Following the letting Sanderson Weatherall has been appointed as joint agents alongside Jones Lang LaSalle.
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ARCHITECTS Race Cottam Associates has completed work on a £12m scheme to co-locate a special educational needs and mainstream primary school in West Yorkshire.
The development has seen the mainstream primary Merlin Top, and Phoenix, a special educational needs (SEN) primary school, brought together to create a campus approach and ensure greater pupil integration.
Education design specialists Race Cottam worked closely with governors, head teachers, staff, parents, pupils and other stakeholders to create a design which incorporates sufficient and flexible accommodation for personalised learning, inclusion and extended schools provision.
Race Cottam were appointed by EduCo, a joint venture between leading UK construction firm Costain and multinational Ferrovial Agromán, to deliver the project, which was funded by Bradford Council and the Government’s Primary Capital Programme.
Two further SEN primaries in Bradford also designed by the leading architects practice, Delius and Chellow Heights, have also opened their doors to pupils.
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CONTEMPORARY furniture and interior design company West Park Interiors, based in Leeds, has launched an online division called Areaz.
Areaz will specialise in designer pieces and collections from Italy and Germany.
Areaz is a collaboration between West Park Interior’s Philip and Michael Wilding and Charles Eckart, who studied interior design at London’s American College.
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WORK on a multi-million pound sustainable homes development is set to commence in South Yorkshire following the appointment of house building company, Lovell for the £3.5m scheme.
The project involves the delivery of 29 energy-efficient houses, flats and bungalows in Wath-upon-Dearne near Rotherham.
Expected to complete in spring next year, the properties will benefit from solar hot water systems as well as energy saving double glazing and wall insulation.
Two of the properties will also offer innovative solar photovoltaic roof panels, which convert sun-light into electrical energy and an exhaust air heat pump ventilation system, which uses otherwise wasted heat in the warm air areas of a home and transfers that heat to hot water.
Commenting on the new development, Colin Harrop, Chairman of the Yorkshire and Humberside RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) board said: “The standard for energy efficient buildings gets higher and tougher to achieve each year as increased developments in technology allow for further improvements in energy measures. So we are pleased that this new development in South Yorkshire meets these stringent, high standards and is being offered to buyers in our region.
