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Greek Street car park demolition to pave way for Leeds hotel part of £20 million project

The demolition of a fomer stacker car park in Leeds has begun which will see the site turned into a hotel as part of £20 million development plans for the area.

Evans Property Group has appointed Demolition Services to commence the clearing of the Greek Street site in central Leeds to clear the way the 90 bedroom hotel.

Planning permission was granted by Leeds City Council in February this year for the decommissioned car park and adjacent restaurant to be re-used.

The consent included a basement level restaurant which will be accessed off Greek Street and a ground floor bar and terrace area. The main lobby, meeting rooms, lounge area and gym facilities will be located on the first floor with the luxury rooms and suites on the floors above.

Demolition Services is now on site and is on track to complete demolition of the car park before Christmas this year. The adjacent restaurant will be demolished by the end of January 2015 and work is set to commence on the hotel in Summer 2015.

The new hotel forms part of Evans’ ongoing multi-million pound investment in the Bond Court area of the City.

Alan Syers, portfolio director at Evans Property Group, said; “It is incredibly exciting to have yet another live project underway in Bond Court.

“The demolition of the car park is the first step in bringing this strategically positioned, redundant site back to life. Following the success of Minerva and the imminent completion of Capitol House, the hotel will continue our investment into this critical quarter of Leeds City Centre and contribute to the vibrancy of Greek Street.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .