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28/03/2024Major Milestone Reached in New PBSA Development at the Heart of Leeds City Centre’s Arena Quarter
Our Purpose Built Student Accommodation scheme on Merrion Street in Leeds City Centre’s Arena Quarter has topped out and the scaffolding will soon come down to reveal the new Merrion Street landmark, ahead of the development opening in the summer.
Once complete the development will offer 88 high specification studio apartments with associated amenities, including a lounge, gym, study rooms, a cinema room, laundry facilities, staffed reception area and cycle spaces. The development will be operated by Prestige Student Living, the premium brand of Homes for Students, ensuring a high-quality living experience for the residents.
The part five, part seven and part nine storey building is being delivered by Urban Developments (York) Ltd on a site previously occupied by a bar and nightclub.
Q Investment Partners (QIP) a Singapore headquartered private equity real estate firm, acquired the scheme in late 2022.
26/03/2024Planning Permission Granted for New Independent Living Scheme
Planning permission has been granted for an independent living scheme for Anchor consisting of 6 houses and 75 apartments with communal facilities and landscaping in Ashfield Mills, Idle, Bradford.
25/03/2024Project Update: Traffic Street, Nottingham
Our 297 bed Purpose Built Student Accommodation scheme on Traffic Street in Nottingham is progressing well on site with the fixtures and fittings now installed up to first floor level and the brick facade taking shape.
12/01/2023Horsforth Campus update
Works are progressing on site at the former Horsforth College Campus. When complete, it will provide a mix of 152 much needed affordable houses and apartments.
28/09/2022Westgate Point refurbishment
Refurbishment has commenced on the prominent 8 storey office block on Westgate in Leeds City Centre. The development on behalf of YPP, being undertaken by Colbre Projects and Brewster Bye Architects, will convert the former Weightmans Solicitors office into 133 luxury apartments containing extensive communal facilities including private lounges, working space, banqueting suite & gym. Incorporating a high level of fabric improvement and solar power generation, energy conservation is at the forefront of the design philosophy.
‘The development promises to give a fresh lease of life to this local landmark; providing high quality accommodation in a prominent location with some spectacular views across the City’.
09/09/2022Planning permission granted for Minden Court
Planning permission has been granted for new affordable housing for the over 55’s consisting of 8 retirement bungalow and 12 retirement apartments with associated landscaping and parking.
10/06/2022Construction of the foundations are well underway for 152 affordable new homes
Vistry Partnerships are building a 152 new homes in Leeds on behalf of Stonewater, the largest gas-free, new residential development in Yorkshire.
28/05/2022Wesley Road, Armley
Planning has recently been submitted to Leeds City Council for a new affordable housing development in Armley, Leeds.
The project, for Leeds and Yorkshire Housing Association, will see the construction of 28 new two and three bedroom affordable rent units on land adjacent to Wesley Road. 26 of those units will be two storey houses, with the other two units being apartments contained within a two storey house format. Each house and apartment will have its own associated parking provision and private garden space.
31/03/2022Drone footage shows Vistry’s progress building 140 new homes in Normanton
Works are nearing completion for 140 new homes on a site located between Normanton and the outlying village of Altofts and will provide much needed family housing in the area. The development also known as Ashfield Park is providing a mix of 2, 3 and 4 bedroom high quality new homes for sale, private rent, shared ownership and affordable rent.
You can view the video here.
10/03/2022Work is nearing completion at Horace Street in Bolton
The development at Horace Street occupies the former School and Presbytery associated with adjacent St Joseph’s Church, the cottage apartments will also benefit from a generous communal landscaped Garden.
Horace street consists of 18 no. cottage apartments with minor highways works and an extensive landscaped communal garden. The site consists of an equal mix of apartment types with the ground floor apartments benefiting from their own private external terrace.
Each apartment has been designed to be fully compliant with Approved Document M4(2) adaptable dwellings to ensure that the dwellings can be altered to suit the everchanging needs of potential residents.
The development utilises a mixture of contemporary architecture and subtle contextual references to the surrounding area. The elevations feature a mixture of brickwork types, the main body brickwork will be a lighter red brick, and the areas of brickwork detailing will be a darker contrasting red brick. The elevations also make use of russification details to provide further depth and interest to the elevations. Full height windows are proposed proportionately creating a good solid to void ratio in the elevations while functionally providing the occupants with views out and also allows good levels of natural daylight. the Material choices relate to the existing context whilst providing an individual character to the new development through high quality design and material uses.