Development specialist Urban Group (York) Ltd has finished demolition work at 26-34 Merrion Street, which was formerly home to the Blue Coyote nightclub. Now work is beginning on the foundations of the £15m nine-storey Straits Aire student accommodation scheme. It will include 88 boutique en-suite studios once complete.Development specialist Urban Group (York) Ltd has finished demolition work at 26-34 Merrion Street, which was formerly home to the Blue Coyote nightclub. Now work is beginning on the foundations of the £15m nine-storey Straits Aire student accommodation scheme. It will include 88 boutique en-suite studios once complete.
Development specialist Urban Group (York) Ltd has finished demolition work at 26-34 Merrion Street, which was formerly home to the Blue Coyote nightclub. Now work is beginning on the foundations of the £15m nine-storey Straits Aire student accommodation scheme. It will include 88 boutique en-suite studios once complete.

10 new buildings that you will soon see on the skyline in Leeds

Look out across the skyline in Leeds city centre and it won’t take long before you spot the cranes towering over the many construction sites currently in operation.

Much of the activity at present is focused on the western end of the city centre, with the continuing development of Wellington Place and a number of brownfield sites off Whitehall Road. Another major focus is the South Bank area that lies to the south of Leeds City Station, including the Aire Park scheme.

Here we take a look at 10 of the sites where construction is already under way or expected to start soon.

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