Skyscraper construction plans could lead to Leeds demolition scramble.
Plans to build Leeds’ tallest skyscraper as part of a massive £350 million ‘hybrid development’ look set to move one step closer.
Developers Commercial Estates Group (CEG) have unveiled more detailed proposals for a ‘high-quality, innovative and sustainable scheme’ in south Leeds which will ‘help the city realise its ambitions’.
It will see a number of derelict buildings demolished on patches of land around Globe Road and Water Lane, Holbeck, totalling 3.52 hectares in size. They will make way for houses, flats, offices, hotels, restaurants, bars and possibly even a multi-storey car park.
At the centre of the complex will be a 142-metre, 40-storey skyscraper which would become the city’s tallest building by some considerable distance once complete, far surpassing Bridgewater Place.
Senior councillors are due to visit to the site next Thursday before discussing the plans, with the recommendation that they sign off the proposals, subject to approval from the authority’s Chief Planning Officer.
The grade II listed Holbeck footbridge and the Printworks building will be preserved as part of the redevelopment.
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