Why Develop Here?
An ongoing £3 billion programme of investment in Leicester has created a £350 million retail and leisure development, a complete overall for city centre streets and space, the iconic Curve theatre, 10,000 sq m of Grade A office space in the new Business Quarter and the Phoenix Square digital media centre opening later in 2009.
The City - Leicester's Business Renaissance
Work is well under way on the New Business Quarter adjacent to the train station, - providing businesses with over 300,000 sq ft of high quality office space plus apartments, new retail space and restaurants.
Work is also underway on an eight hectare Abbey Meadows Science and Innovation Park close to the National Space Centre site that will feature an innovation centre, grow-on units and larger business units.
Other key regeneration projects include:
- Expansion of the retail core including £350 million expansion of The Shires shopping centre in the city centre, soon to be renamed Highcross Leicester
- The £60 million, state-of-the-art Curve theatre - set at the heart of Leicester's new Cultural Quarter
- 1,700 new homes being planned in the Lee Circle area of the city
- The redevelopment of the city's waterside with new housing and leisure developments including the impressive No.1 Westbridge, designed by the world renowned Ian Simpson Architects
- £60 million iconic waterside housing development designed by award winning architect Ian Simpson
- Other county developments such as St John's Business Park in Lutterworth and Charnwood Business Park in Loughborough offer smaller companies offices in excellent locations.
- The digital media centre - Phoenix Square - offering three screens, new business accomodation and city living apartments.
There are many more development opportunities throughout Leicester and Leicestershire so come and share in the vision of one of the UK's most progressive cities for business.
With 70,000 sq m of Grade A office accommodation coming on-stream and 4000 acres of development land, use our property search to take a look at the opportunities that are on offer in Leicester and Leicestershire alternatively contact us for an individual search to match your requirements.
