Double deal sees Elizabeth House fill up
TWO new tenants have signed up to take space at the 25,000 sq ft Elizabeth House building in Leeds.
JF Finnegan has secured deals with Leeds, York & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce and Stanley Davis Group.
Both have signed up for a total of 6,652 sq ft of offices on five year leases.
The two tenants are relocating from White Rose House on York Place which is being demolished to make way for the new No 6 Queen Street office scheme.
Both 3,326 sq ft deals were completed within one week by Knight Frank’s Leeds office, representing JF Finnegan. Savills acted for the Chamber of Commerce and Stanley Davis was unrepresented.
Irwin Mitchell Leeds acted for JF Finnegan on both lettings.
JF Finnegan acquired Elizabeth House in 2011 and carried out a major refurbishment programme on the whole building to transform it into a new head office for law firm Clarion who now occupy 15,000 sq ft within the building.
Following the two new lettings, just 4,000 sq ft remains available within the building of which 2,000 sq ft is expected to shortly go under offer.
Elizabeth Ridler, partner at Knight Frank, said: “Both occupiers needed to vacate their existing space before Christmas and we reacted very quickly to meet their requirements. With the continued investment into the refurbishment of properties in this traditional business quarter of Leeds, the whole area around Queen Street is on the up and we are already dealing with keen interest in the remaining space at Elizabeth House.”
Nick Gillott, director of JF Finnegan, said: “We are delighted with how quickly these deals were concluded and to be able to welcome yet more high profile, professional tenants to this flagship Leeds scheme. We were confident that the quality of accommodation the refurbishment delivered, along with the building’s key location, would appeal to occupiers and are proud to be playing a role in the ongoing success of the Queen Street area of the city.”
Knight Frank is joint agent with Bowcliffe on Elizabeth House.
