Quod North’s Leeds Office moves into refurbished Capitol office building

The Leeds office of planning consultancy, Quod North, is being relocated to Evans Property Group’s newly refurbished Capitol office building within Bond Court.

After signing a 10 year lease, Quod North’s Leeds division will now operate out of a 3,500 sq ft suite on the first floor, east wing of Capitol and also has exclusive use of the roof terrace overlooking the transforming Bond Court in the heart of Leeds City Centre.

CBRE and JLL are agents on Capitol and Quod North was represented by DTZ.

Quod North was set up in 2014 by Tim Waring as the northern office of London-based Quod Planning. Over the last year, the practice has experienced significant expansion and has outgrown its existing offices at Park Square.

Now working with a 12-strong team, Quod North is hoping to experience more growth in the short term.

The team is responding to an improving local and national property market, and is advising a range of clients including The Crown Estate, Hammerson, Land Securities, Commercial Estates Group, Lands Improvements, GMI, Evans, Wykeland, IKEA, Legal and General, amongst others.

In the region, Quod is also advising on the extension of the White Rose Shopping Centre (Leeds), redevelopment of the Yorkshire Post Building (Leeds), Princess Quay (Hull), and the proposed new settlement at Whinthorpe (York).

In 2014, Evans undertook a significant 6-month refurbishment programme at Capitol to create 20,000 sq ft of office accommodation on the first and third floors, in addition to external improvements to the windows and elevation, a new double height enlarged feature reception, lift and stair core refurbishment and full common area modernisation.

Capitol, which has been a long-term investment for Evans, currently houses occupiers such as Cap Automotive and Lifesearch. The transformation is part of an approximate £20m investment programme being undertaken by Evans at the Bond Court area of Leeds.

Tim Waring, director at Quod North, said; “We have experienced phenomenal growth in the last year or so, and Capitol will provide us with a long term base to continue to expand our team and our business.”

Alan Syers, portfolio director at Evans Property Group, added: “We are delighted that Quod North has selected Capitol as its Leeds base. The extensive refurbishment works have created high quality space in one of the most strategically positioned buildings within the city. Now that Capitol and Minerva have been launched and are steadily filling up with occupiers, the next phase of the Bond Court works will be the hotel and the public realm.”

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