Big-name tenant for Leeds South Bank '˜could create 7,000 jobs'

Plans to regenerate a number of former industrial sites which form a key part of the South Bank vision for Leeds could be submitted by the end of January next year, and work could start by May, planning chiefs have been told.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th Aug 2016, 23:00 BST
Updated 25th Aug 2016, 15:20 BST

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BIG PLANS: An overhead view of an intial blueprint for the CEG Temple Quarter masterplan.BIG PLANS: An overhead view of an intial blueprint for the CEG Temple Quarter masterplan.
BIG PLANS: An overhead view of an intial blueprint for the CEG Temple Quarter masterplan.

As previously reported in the YEP, CEG - the firm behind the Kirkstall Forge development - is aiming to transform more than five acres of land north and south of Globe Road and Water Lane in an area of Holbeck, known as the Temple Quarter.

A Leeds City Council plans panel was told this week that the sprawling £350m office, apartment and leisure compex would provide a new “gateway” into the city, and would be “Leeds’s front door from the south” and “the arrival point for the Northern Powerhouse”.

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In an enthusiastic presentation, CEG director Jon Kenny revealed that around 500,000 sq foot of the offices - the bulk of the total available - could be taken up by one as-yet-unnamed occupier who is still in talks with the firm, but who could bring more than 7,000 jobs. He added the “principle occupier” needs to be inside some of the buildings by mid 2019.

The meeting was also told that CEG will shortly be opening a new “skills village” on the site to offer apprenticeships and training targeting local teenagers.

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