Revamp a big success for landmark building
COMPANY Bruntwood has hailed the success of its Platform building in Leeds city centre, which is 90 per cent let or under offer, just seven months after opening.
Platform, which launched in November 2017, has welcomed more than 80 companies which have taken space ranging from single desks to full floors.
The building’s occupants include Mercia Fund Managers, Altinet, Rradar, Zeal Media, Travelopia, Big Lottery Fund, Coptrz, Hudl, iDisrupted and Hebe Works.
Platform is Bruntwood’s redevelopment of the old City House building above Leeds City Station, designed by the subsequently disgraced architect John Poulson. The once “tired and dilapidated” building has been completely modernised and transformed.
Craig Burrow, director of Bruntwood Leeds, said: “Seven months on from completion, it’s fantastic to see Platform’s community thriving and businesses already expanding their presence here.
“Our vision with this landmark development has been to meet market demand and offer creative and cutting-edge spaces where people will want to work or locate a business.
“It has also been driven by our desire to cluster likePROPERTY minded businesses in a setting where innovation and entrepreneurship come together to forge partnerships which will deliver growth, jobs and investment. Platform is also becoming the city’s front door for tech companies and we have no doubt that it will continue to prosper and be a central hub for the city’s innovative businesses going forward.”
Platform is also home to the city’s new tech incubator, which launched last month and is designed to nurture early-stage businesses from the region’s digital technology sector to help create hundreds of jobs over the next 10 years.
A Bruntwood spokesman added: “Platform is also already witnessing customer successes and expansions, with national law firm Shoosmiths recently announcing that it will take an additional half floor on top of the full floor it’s already occupying.”
One of the first businesses to move in, the cloud-computing specialist Cloud Sense Solutions, has also announced that it is expanding to take a further six desks.
Platform is also becoming the city’s front door for tech companies. Craig Burrow, director of Bruntwood Leeds hails the success of the office block.