RWO relocates Leeds office

A 15-year lease for close to 29,000 sq ft has been signed by the organisation, which will relocate from One Embankment in early summer when its lease ends.

On the back of reaching its 20th year, the property consultancy has relocated and expanded within its long-term base of Carlton Tower on St Paul’s Street.

The housebuilder will base its West Yorkshire division at Shelborn’s refurbished South Central, close to the White Rose shopping centre, taking close to 6,700 sq ft on a 10-year lease.

Fairfield School of Business will take up the fifth floor of the Sheffield office building, following approval for a change of use.

City centre take-up more than doubled on the previous quarter in the first three months of 2024, the Leeds Office Agents Forum said, falling just short of the 250,000 sq ft mark.

Leeds city councillors voted on Thursday to grant permission to the 12-storey office block, which is aiming to be net zero in operation.

Wellington Square will deliver 464 build-to-rent flats and 364,000 sq ft of workspace in the city’s West End after receiving a planning nod from city councillors on Thursday.

An early doors plan for 530,000 sq ft of offices in Preston hints at a wider change in attitudes around investing in regional workspace. Plus: skyscraper dreams in Liverpool and speedy progress on York Central. 

Previously based at the Northern General Hospital, the UK National External Quality Assessment Service will relocate to the Landing Pad incubator space at the Sheffield development.