Building Briefs: 4Urban; LCF Law; Barry Crux & Company; and more
PLANS for creation of a new leisure destination for Harrogate will go on display next week.
The £10m scheme, including a four-screen art-house cinema and a range of restaurants, is being proposed by Harrogate-based urban regeneration specialists 4Urban, which is preparing a planning application for submission to Harrogate Borough Council.
The redevelopment of the former Co-Operative building on Albert Street/Station Parade, currently occupied on a short term sub-lease by Beales department store, would create up to 250 jobs.
Paul Lancaster, managing director of 4Urban, said: “This is a major development for Harrogate and, as part of our detailed consultation programme, we hope that as many people as possible will come to the public exhibition to look at our plans and let us have their views.
“We believe that our scheme will add to the vitality of the town centre and increase the attractiveness of Harrogate as a retail and leisure destination.”
The plans will be showcased at a public exhibition in the Victoria Room at Harrogate Library on March 21 and 22.
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A WEST Yorkshire law firm has relocated its head office as the company gears up for its next stage of growth.
LCF Law has moved to an 11,000 sq ft office space at One St James Business Park, Bradford.
The office move is the second major development for the legal firm this year after it underwent a rebrand and name change, which saw it abbreviate its former name, Last Cawthra Feather.
The new office houses 60 of the firm’s 85 employees. LCF Law, which was previously based on Sunbridge Road, also operates offices in Leeds city centre and Ilkley.
Simon Stell, managing partner, said: “We have operated in Bradford for more than 25 years and this new office gives us a prominent base at one of the city’s best addresses to continue growing and building on our reputation as the area’s leading corporate and personal legal firm.”
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BARRY Crux & Company has completed the letting of Suite 1, King’s House, a serviced office suite in the heart of York city centre.
Acting on behalf of a local property company, the office suite has been let to a company specialising in the supply of innovative gifts and book accessories to retailers worldwide.
The suite has been let off an inclusive asking rent of £45,000 a year.
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Four new deals have been completed at Sunny Bank Mills, the iconic Yorkshire mill complex between Leeds and Bradford.
Vision Chemicals, Be Beautiful, Soundproof and Sue Wilson Photography have all moved into the refurbished mill in Farsley, where YTV’s Emmerdale and Heartbeat were filmed.
All four companies have taken space in Sandsgate, the historic 10,700 sq ft Edwardian Mill Office, which has recently undergone a £750,000 modernisation programme.
During the past two years Sunny Bank Mills, one of the most famous family-owned mills in Yorkshire, has been transformed into a modern office complex.
These four deals come hard on the heels of two transactions at the end of last year, which saw Leeds Foodbank (West) and Karen Gavin photography move into Sunny Bank Mills.
John Gaunt, joint managing director of Edwin Woodhouse, the owners of Sunny Bank Mills, said: “We are delighted to welcome four new tenants to Sandsgate. We are now seeing a steady flow of new tenants into Sunny Bank Mills, breathing new life into an historic complex.”
“They are all excellent examples of successful businesses being attracted to a quality business environment and their arrival underlines the versatility and flexibility of space at Sunny Bank Mills, which is attracting an exciting breadth of occupiers,” he added.
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THE A1 Football Factory, a new business venture co-owned and operated by Pontefract’s born and bred, Ipswich Town and Republic of Ireland’s Paul Green, has completed a new property deal at A1 Business Park in Knottingley, West Yorkshire.
The newly formed company has secured a self-contained facility of 52,657 sq ft on a five year lease from landlord Aviva Investors in a deal brokered by the Leeds office of JLL.
A1 Football Factory is a new leisure facility which will host four state of the art indoor football pitches as well as a function room that can be hired out.
Lauren O’Toole, surveyor at property agents JLL, said: “In recent years indoor football centres have become major leisure activity venues and it’s great to welcome a new entrant to the market with this latest deal. The modern unit, with 45 car parking spaces, will make an excellent multi-sporting facility and will bring a new dimension to the business park.”
Simon Fletcher, Director at A1 Football Factory added: “The three of us involved in this venture have been brought up playing sport in the local area and understand the great need for such a facility. We aim to provide a first class facility not only in football but various other sporting sectors.
“The A1 Football Factory, which is in a prime location for nearby residents and has easy access from both the M62 and A1, will be available for hire for both social and league play as well as providing coaching opportunities right from grass roots level through to elite players. The area needs a facility which gives more opportunities for participation which can only lead to a greater chance of youngsters gaining opportunities to achieve excellence in their chosen sport.”
GVA acted as joint agents on the deal.
