Leeds South bank Redevelopment
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What do we make of the south bank development plans??
I'm hoping to buy a house in the later part of the year and starting to wonder if this will make Beeston/Hunslet a sensible place to buy as a good starter home for a single bloke, with opportunity to rent later and long term have good potential as an investment for when HS2 arrives and the south Bank becomes a more attractive area. Maybe the surrounding areas will get a bit of a lift?
Also excited to see this area develop to offer more places to socialise and new businesses to come to the city.
What do we make of the south bank development plans??
I'm hoping to buy a house in the later part of the year and starting to wonder if this will make Beeston/Hunslet a sensible place to buy as a good starter home for a single bloke, with opportunity to rent later and long term have good potential as an investment for when HS2 arrives and the south Bank becomes a more attractive area. Maybe the surrounding areas will get a bit of a lift?
Also excited to see this area develop to offer more places to socialise and new businesses to come to the city.
They have being kicking those plans around for a while now. They are making the area look nice but it needs some proper investment and to link it up to the city centre a bit better. For example take the Royal Armouries, all the companies that moved in when they first redid that have moved out, the place is like a ghost town if you take Sky offices out of it - and thats only 1mile from the train station. Manchester example would be SpiningFields, stick in WorldPay, RBS and a few others and you get fantastic bars and restaurants and that in-turn extends the city.
As for the HS2 1 mile of viaduct. Great idea and will force the CBD to be extended - but having seen how much pissing around is going on for the Birmingham leg, this isn't going to happen anytime inside 10yrs.
As for the HS2 1 mile of viaduct. Great idea and will force the CBD to be extended - but having seen how much pissing around is going on for the Birmingham leg, this isn't going to happen anytime inside 10yrs.
giblet said:
I don't think Beeston will ever be a nice place to live. Holbeck has had a fair bit of money plouged into it and it's slowly improving. What's wrong with where you live now? Aside from the potholes!
Renting at the moment! I do actually like it round here, so somewhere within 5 mins of the train station and/or bus route would be ideal.The Mrs rents a flat just up the road from the greenhouse flats in beeston. Having driven and walked and round the area it's all granny flats. Not particularly great, and I can't see the area getting a lift any time soon either.
Maybe Hunslet needs more investigation.
CITU's new development (next to the student village) is a huge step in the right direction: Good mix of quality flats/ houses as well as live-work units and real connectivity to the city. The council need to step up their game if South Bank to be a success: Invest in pedestrian/ cycling infrastructure and schools in the area and it will prosper.
Regeneration only succeeds where there's adjacency to desirable areas and connectivity to the wider area. Leeds has a £158 million CG fund to improve transport and infrastructure: It should spend a chunk of that making the south bank a meaningful example of the "24 hour city" we were promised 20 years ago.
Regeneration only succeeds where there's adjacency to desirable areas and connectivity to the wider area. Leeds has a £158 million CG fund to improve transport and infrastructure: It should spend a chunk of that making the south bank a meaningful example of the "24 hour city" we were promised 20 years ago.
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