The UK city of Leeds unveiled £2.5 bn (€3.5 bn) of development opportunities on the first day of the MIPIM fair in Cannes.
The UK city of Leeds unveiled £2.5 bn (€3.5 bn) of development opportunities on the first day of the MIPIM fair in Cannes.
The six leading projects – dubbed 'The Big Six' - include development sites and schemes throughout the Leeds city region, all offering over £80 mln worth of investment potential each. They include Leeds South Bank, Europe's largest city centre regeneration site which covers 136 hectares.
'The Big Six' investment opportunities are:
1. Bradford City Centre Growth Zone
2. South Bank, Leeds
3. Leeds City Region Enterprise Zone
4. HD One, Huddersfield
5. M62/M1 Corridor, Wakefield
6. York Central
The announcement comes less than a week after Middle Eastern investment company YPP claimed that Leeds is amongst the strongest cities for property investment outside of London.
Roger Marsh, chair of Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) said: ‘The scale of commercial investment now in the pipeline in Leeds City Region places us among Europe's top flight for investment-led growth. These six opportunities underline the strength of both government and business confidence in our region as an investment-ready location where developers, investors and occupiers can put their growth ambitions into action.’
For more on the top cities in Europe, see PropertyEU's new Investment Locations website
