A huge regeneration project is set to come to the centre of Leeds in the near future, with the renovation of a site next to Victoria Gate that is currently a temporary surface car park but which will be transformed into a 14-storey hotel that caters for business and leisure guests.
According to the Yorkshire Post, Hammerson – which owns and manages Victoria Leeds – believes the development will give the cultural quarter of the city a real boost, bringing more footfall and more money to Leeds.
The facade of the building will take inspiration from local architecture and Leeds’ rich merchandising and textile history. There will be 205 spacious rooms in the hotel, as well as conferencing facilities, an onsite gym and a contemporary bar and restaurant on the ground floor.
A statement from Hammerson read: “The Victoria Gate Hotel is one of the first schemes Hammerson has brought forward as part of its new City Quarters concept: creating vibrant mixed-use neighbourhoods surrounding Hammerson’s existing flagship destinations, in thriving locations in the UK.
“The concept will see Hammerson transform many of its city venues beyond pure retail into successful neighbourhoods providing homes, workspace, hotel space and accessible public realm. This announcement follows the recent submission of mixed-use masterplan applications for both Martineau Galleries in Birmingham and the Goodsyard in Shoreditch.”
Of course, this isn’t the only project in the city keeping scaffolders in Leeds very busy at the moment. There are also plans afoot for a city village complex just outside the centre that will see 1,000 new homes built as a series of five blocks of flats on Marsh Lane Goods Yard near Quarry Hill.
The idea is to create a combination of leisure, commercial and amenity spaces as well as the residential build, including a children’s play area, a village green, recreational seating and a drinking fountain.
And, according to Building.co.uk, the Grade II-listed Leeds Methodist Church is set to be transformed into a hotel, a conversion job that will cost £15 million. The building, on Oxford Place, will soon serve as a 70-bed four-star hotel with a restaurant and conference venue.
This apparently forms part of the church’s plans to become an “ethical” hotelier, ensuring that rooms are provided for people with access difficulties and using local suppliers wherever and whenever they can.
The plans have now been approved by the local council and, although the exterior of the building won’t be changed particularly, the garden frontage will see significant alterations. Work is expected to begin on the site next May, with the hotel likely to open in November 2021.
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