LETTINGS IN LEEDS
SWEDISH RETAILER SELECTS BROAD GATE FOR FLAGSHIP STORE
We have let the final retail unit in our landmark Broad Gate development in the centre of Leeds, to rapidly expanding Swedish company, Clas Ohlson.
When it opens in April, the Leeds store will be Clas Ohlson’s sixth in the UK and its North of England flagship. Specialising in home, electrical, DIY, multimedia and leisure products, the retailer has stores across Sweden, Norway and Finland and opened its first UK outlet in 2008.
We have let the 32,400 sq ft retail unit on a fifteen year lease. Located in the Headrow, adjacent to Leeds’ main shopping street, Briggate, the unit has a double-height glazed frontage and three floors of retail accommodation. It is the last remaining retail unit in the 300,000 sq ft Broad Gate office and retail development, with Sainsbury’s, TK Maxx and Argos already in occupation.
The Broad Gate development also includes 168,750 sq ft of Grade A office accommodation, designed to provide occupiers with the option of taking high specification office space from 2,000 sq ft suites to whole floors up to 39,000 sq ft. At the centre is a full-height atrium, intersected by glazed walkways connecting the upper floors.
REED RELOCATES TO HIGHCROSS’ TORONTO SQUARE
Reed Recruitment is to relocate its Leeds office to Highcross’ new Toronto Square scheme in the centre of the city’s financial and legal district.
We have let 6,695 sq ft on the ground floor of Toronto Square to Reed Recruitment, on a ten-year lease at a rent of £24 per sq ft. The letting required planning consent for change of use of the ground floor space, which was handled by Highcross’ agents CB Richard Ellis.
The 90,000 sq ft Toronto Square office scheme was completed last year, following a multi-million re-development and extension programme. First to move into the building, was Zolfo Cooper which occupies the seventh floor, one of three new glazed floors added to the building.
Following this latest letting, Highcross will be sub-dividing the ground floor to meet Reed’s requirements and create a new office suite of 3,300 sq ft.
Contact: Chris Mills on 01635 52108 email chrismills@highcross.co.uk
