Leeds announces plans to ‘double the size’ of the city centre

Leeds plans to double the size of its city centre with the development of 16,500 new homes, the council tells delegates at a real estate conference (March 13th).Representatives from Leeds City Council outlined their plans for housing growth in the city today, which include the expansion of the city centre and the country’s largest sustainable housing development.Speaking at MIPIM, they laid out their plans for the regeneration of South Bank Leeds with the construction of 8,000 new homes. This will double the size and economic output of the city centre, they explained, with the creation of more than 35,000 local jobs.Delegates at the real estate conference also heard about the construction company CEG’s £350m plans to build ‘Yorkshire’s tallest residential building’. It will be a mixed development of up to 750 new homes, offices, shops, cafés, bars and restaurants.There will also be 700 new homes, alongside office and leisure space, built by Caddick Group in the city’s cultural centre.