Construction work reaches major milestone at Thorpe Park Leeds' new retail and leisure park

The erection of the steel frame has been completed for the 300,000 sq ft retail and leisure park at the £400m Thorpe Park masterplan in Leeds.

The Harris Partnership (THP) submitted an application on behalf of Scarborough International Properties and Legal & General Capital in May 2016, detailing the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of the retail and leisure park.

The heart of the scheme will be linked to a retail terrace of 25 shops and 11 restaurants by a 16-metre wide central plaza running east to west through the development.

PureGym announced last week it has agreed to take a 17,000 sq ft unit for a large gym floor and class studios at the forthcoming retail and leisure park, following Boots, Next, M&S Simply Food, TK Maxx and The Outfit in taking major stores.

ODEON is also set to open a 60,000 sq. ft. multi-screen, 2000-seat cinema.

The overall masterplan includes further leisure and hotel space and 140 acres of public park and sports facilities with square footage set aside for office accommodation and second phase residential development of 300 new homes.

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