Property in brief: St Modwen, Leeds College of Building, Citycare

REGENERATION firm St Modwen has appointed asset and development manager Paul Brustad to its Leeds office.

He previously worked for Eddisons Commercial in Leeds.

Mr Brustad will be in charge of progressing the regeneration of retail sites such as Waterdale Shopping Centre in Doncaster.

He said: “We have seen sustained improvement in the regional commercial property market across Yorkshire and the North East during the first half of the year so this is an exciting time to be joining the St. Modwen team in Leeds.

“The company has an excellent reputation as a regeneration expert, and I look forward to working with the team to add value to the existing portfolio of income-producing properties.”

Richard Bannister, regional manager at St. Modwen, said: “Paul has worked in the region for nine years, and has invaluable property experience and excellent regional knowledge, which will bolster the team in Leeds as we continue to invest and drive interest in our commercial property portfolio.”

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SEVEN plastering and tiling students from Leeds College of Building have been named as some of the region’s best young tradespeople.

They secured every top place in the annual SkillBuild finals, the UK’s largest multi-trade competition.

The senior plastering competition was won by Ameha Shewaye Bantiwered from Leeds with onathan Scott from Adel, also from Leeds, taking second place. Darrel Gibson finished second in the new entrant competition, which is specifically designed to test first year students.

Michael Turner also won the dry lining competition, which sits under the plastering category.

Aaron Hilton won the wall and floor tiling category, Sovandeth Chin finished as runner-up, and the new entrant competition was won by Keiran Milnes from Gipton, Leeds.

Ian Billyard, principal at Leeds College of Building, says: “All these students have done fantastically well and can be very proud of themselves.

“To take first and second places in two categories, when they were competing against some of the best students from colleges throughout Yorkshire and Humberside, is a great achievement and speaks volumes about the standard of training on offer at Leeds College of Building.”

Run by CITB-ConstructionSkills, SkillBuild is the country’s largest multi-trade competition and gives individuals the opportunity to exhibit their skills in a wide range of craft occupations.

The shortlisted candidates will now participate in the national finals in November at Birmingham’s NEC, which will see more than 600 competitors battle it out in 60 construction skills competitions.

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A PHARMACY from Hull estate firm Citycare are in the process of developing a pharmacy complex for Lloyds Pharmacy.

The firm is developing unused land opposite the Morrill Street Health Centre

Citycare are investing in and developing the 1,614 sq ft retail space, following the redevelopment of the Morrill Street Health Campus in 2013.

Tim Wigglesworth, development manager, said: “Having worked with local service providers to reimagine the Morrill Street Health Campus a few years ago, we knew that a pharmacy would be the final piece of the jigsaw for patients and visitors.

“By having a pharmacy on the doorstep of the health centres, patients are able to collect their prescriptions without having to make another journey.”

The project, which is due to complete and open before Christmas, will look and feel very similar to the recently opened New Green Surgery.

Lauren Boyce, regional development manager for Lloyds Pharmacy said: “Lloyds Pharmacy is pleased to be relocating to these purpose-built premises, which will enable us to better meet the needs of our patients in Hull.

“The larger building will be fitted to our new European Pharmacy Network specification, offering a bright, modern pharmacy space which will allow our colleagues to offer customers an improved service”