UK: Plans have been submitted for a 200-bed PBSA scheme on the site of Brigade House on Kirkstall Road in Leeds.
The plans involved the demolition of Brigade House, a Leeds city centre office building and the construction of a part-eight, part-ten storey PBSA building.
The plans also include a landscaped courtyard garden, roof terrace, reception, gym, residents’ lounge, secure cycle storage and landscaping.
LUNA Student has been named as the intended operator of the proposed development.
The scheme is expected to create jobs during construction, as well as indirect employment through the supply chain and induced jobs. The end operator would also employ staff following completion of the building.
A planning statement submitted as part of the application said: “The site is located within the City Centre and the proposed development provides the opportunity to redevelop an underutilised brownfield site for PBSA, in an area popular with students due to its strong connectivity to Leeds’ universities and key services and facilities. By providing PBSA in an attractive location, it is expected that family housing currently occupied by students can be released, helping to aid existing housing pressures.”
The project team includes Nexus Planning, Cunniff Design, Delta Simons, Tyler Grange, BWB, Futures Ecology, GIA, Futureserv, Roscoe, Weetwood, Orion Fire Engineering, Luna Students, TPM Landscape, MZA Acoustics, Calabrian and Fore Consulting.
