{"id":4128,"date":"2019-03-19T08:35:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T08:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=4128"},"modified":"2019-03-19T08:35:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T08:35:54","slug":"tolent-to-build-first-homes-at-400m-leeds-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/tolent-to-build-first-homes-at-400m-leeds-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolent to build first homes at \u00a3400m Leeds scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font_8\">Tolent\u00a0has won the job to build the first prototype\u00a0houses at Kirkstall Forge in Leeds, paving the way for the initial 112-homes at the \u00a3400m site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Led by CEG, Kirkstall Forge will see over 1,000 new homes and 400,000 sq ft of offices, retail, leisure and community spaces being developed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">The two prototype houses will be completed this summer and, once finished, members of CEG\u2019s design team will move into the three and five-bed homes and test out the living experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p>Designed by\u00a0Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, the compact homes will be unusually spacious, with\u00a03.6m\u00a0high ceilings in living spaces.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-kirkstall-forge_feilden_clegg_bradley_studios3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-305061\" src=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-kirkstall-forge_feilden_clegg_bradley_studios3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1918\" height=\"1078\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The designs boast car parking below garden squares with\u00a0pedestrian-friendly, tree-lined streets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Regional director for Tolent, John Currie, said:\u00a0\u201cWith such a significant and visionary project that is already winning awards, we\u2019re looking forward to being a part of this legacy for Leeds as well as the innovative prototype housing which is something new for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p class=\"font_8\">James Shimwell, head of residential development at Kirkstall Forge, said: \u201cThis innovative way of delivering prototype housing follows the attention to detail we have paid to everything we are delivering at Kirkstall Forge.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_305062\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-kirkstall-forge_feilden_clegg_bradley_studios5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-305062 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-kirkstall-forge_feilden_clegg_bradley_studios5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1918\" height=\"1078\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kirkstall Forge housing plan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p>from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/2W7v3LR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tolent\u00a0has won the job to build the first prototype\u00a0houses at Kirkstall Forge in Leeds, paving the way for the initial 112-homes at the \u00a3400m site. Led by CEG, Kirkstall Forge will see over 1,000 new homes and 400,000 sq ft of offices, retail, leisure and community spaces being developed. 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