LCB to invest £15m in new operation
LEEDS College of Building is investing around £15m to create a new state of the art 86,000 sq ft facility on land purchased from Yorkshire Design Group in Leeds city centre.
The deal will enable the college to build a new education and training operation on the site, at Hunslet Lane and Black Bull Street, that will serve a large proportion of its 7,500 students.
Ian Billyard, principal at Leeds College of Building, said: “This is extremely good news for our students, staff and the construction industry as a whole. This is the start of our consolidation of the six sites we currently operate from into this new purpose built development, along with our North Street and Millwright Street sites.
“The deal has been many years in the making and we feel that the location, which is just a 10 minute walk from Leeds City Bus Station and Leeds Train Station, is ideal for our needs. Planning will be submitted this month and work is programmed to start on-site in October 2013 with a view to opening the new facility in January 2015.
“We will be offering a wide range of the traditional courses at the new site including mechanical and electrical, roofing and brickwork programmes, as well as being able to provide more courses in the ever expanding area of renewable and sustainability technologies.”
The college has appointed architects Fuse Studios to design the scheme, Davis Langdon as project managers and engineers Buro Happold.
