Starting with a share in a snooker club, then building a business that has encompassed student digs and a Liverpool landmark, George Downing now oversees a £1bn development pipeline that is branching out of its north-west heartland and heading for the capital. Portrait by Louise Haywood-Schiefer
Next year will see a convergence of supply and demand for good-quality office space in Leeds. And there is more in the pipeline
The devolution of power from London to a Leeds city region covering 10 local authority areas in Yorkshire generated much of the debate at Estates Gazette’s Question Time last week.
Shiny new storefronts are casting big shadows over the traditional retail pitches of Leeds.
The UK’s large student population needs housing, so there are plenty of development and investment opportunities for property professionals.
Next year promises to be an exciting one for the Leeds office market as a new generation of office stock at schemes such as Wellington Place, Central Square and 6 Queen Street completes.
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ake one determined restaurateur from Thailand, add a successful chain of Thai eateries in northern England and garnish with a dancing troupe of ladyboys to form a leisure offering that considers itself suitable to move south
Cranes loom large over Leeds city centre and this time they are for office development, as confidence returns to the market. Tim Probert reports
It is difficult to find the right word. “Nervous” feels like an overstatement. “Unsettled” sounds too much like bad indigestion. How about “twitchy”? Or “hesitant”?
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