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Contractor appointed on landmark Leeds scheme

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A lead contractor has been appointed for a new development of build-to-rent (BTR) apartments on a landmark site central to Leeds’ industrial heritage.Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd has been appointed by Richardson and Ask Real Estate Ltd to build the Tower Works scheme on Globe Road in Leeds City Centre. It follows the submission of a planning application earlier this month (June 2019).The project team also includes engineering firm WSP; Ryder Architecture, which designed the 245-unit scheme, and project manager and QS Faithful and Gould.Two new residential buildings providing one-, two- and three-bedroom and duplex apartments will be built on the historic Tower Works site, to the south of the railway station.Ground floor commercial units will be created as well as extensive new areas of public realm to enable a pedestrian route through from the city centre to the Holbeck Urban Village neighbourhood.