{"id":5956,"date":"2025-06-13T06:46:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T06:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=5956"},"modified":"2025-06-13T06:46:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T06:46:35","slug":"go-ahead-for-37-storey-tower-at-leeds-merrion-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/go-ahead-for-37-storey-tower-at-leeds-merrion-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Go-ahead for 37-storey tower at Leeds Merrion Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plans to transform a tired Leeds office block and build a new 37-storey tower as part of the Merrion shopping centre overhaul have cleared a major planning hurdle.<\/p>\n

Town Centre Securities has secured the go-ahead to convert Wade House, a 13-storey 1960s building, into student flats, while also developing a new landmark tower next door on the 100MC site.<\/p>\n

Together, the two buildings will deliver 1,039 student bedrooms in a mix of studios and cluster apartments.<\/p>\n

Amenities include a cinema, gym, karaoke room, lounges, co-working spaces, and rooftop terraces.<\/p>\n

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The project marks the first time in the Merrion Centre\u2019s 61-year history that residential use has been introduced, as part of a long-term strategy to diversify the estate.<\/p>\n

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The two buildings will deliver 1,039 student bedrooms, comprising a range of studios and cluster bedrooms<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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TCS property director Craig Burrow said the scheme had been in the works for more than three years and was developed in close collaboration with Leeds City Council.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWe\u2019re proud to be repurposing Wade House in a way that respects its heritage while unlocking high-quality, purpose-built student accommodation for Leeds\u2019 growing population.\u201d<\/p>\n

TCS chairman and chief executive Edward Ziff said the new project was a \u201cpivotal step\u201d in the evolution of the Merrion Centre as a sustainable mixed-use destination.<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/jBMOCAe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plans to transform a tired Leeds office block and build a new 37-storey tower as part of the Merrion shopping centre overhaul have cleared a major planning hurdle. Town Centre Securities has secured the go-ahead to convert Wade House, a 13-storey 1960s building, into student flats, while also developing a new landmark tower next door […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-5956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5957,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5956\/revisions\/5957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}