{"id":53232,"date":"2019-03-01T09:33:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T09:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=53232"},"modified":"2019-03-01T09:33:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T09:33:43","slug":"30m-leeds-student-accommodation-commences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/30m-leeds-student-accommodation-commences\/53232\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a330m Leeds student accommodation commences"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Funding has been secured for <a href=\"http:\/\/gmiconstructiongroup.co.uk\/\">GMI Construction Group<\/a>\u00a0to begin work on the transformation of a Chinese restaurant into student accommodation in Leeds<\/h2>\n<p>Until recently, the site was occupied for more than three decades by the restaurant; thought to be the first purpose-built Chinese restaurant in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gregorypropertygroup.co.uk\/\">Gregory Property Group<\/a> secured forward funding from<a href=\"http:\/\/www.curlew-aam.com\/\"> Curlew Alternative Asset Management<\/a> and appointed Leeds-based GMI Construction Group with a \u00a321.5m contract to demolish the restaurant and build \u2018The Refinery\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The stepped nine, 10 and 11-storey scheme, designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahr.co.uk\/\">AHR Architects<\/a>, comprises studios and bedroom clusters with terraces and gardens.<\/p>\n<p>Facilities will include shared social areas, a cinema, gym, games room, concierge and 24-hour security.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.curlew-aam.com\/about\/the-team\/\">Ian Scott<\/a>, head of investment management for Curlew, said: \u201cWe are delighted to provide the forward funding for The Refinery. It will provide high quality accommodation for students and will be a further excellent addition to our portfolio of student accommodation across the United Kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gregorypropertygroup.co.uk\/the-team\/\">Barry Gregory<\/a>, chairman of Gregory Property Group, added: \u201cWe are pleased to have secured funding for an immediate start on site. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/modular-construction-news\/leeds-modular-council-housing\/52676\/\">scheme\u2019s design is impressive<\/a>, delivering high quality accommodation for Leeds students in a prime location that connects student life to the vibrant city centre in a matter of minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeeds remains a top 10 university destination in the UK and with a growing student population of around 60,000 students the city needs more homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/leeds-flood-defence-scheme\/49957\/\">complete the development<\/a> in time for occupation from the September 2020 university term.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funding has been secured for GMI Construction Group\u00a0to begin work on the transformation of a Chinese restaurant into student accommodation in Leeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[13038,676,997],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-53232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-development"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00a330m Leeds student accommodation commences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Funding has been secured for GMI Construction Group\u00a0to begin work on the transformation of a Chinese restaurant into student accommodation in Leeds\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/30m-leeds-student-accommodation-commences\/53232\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u00a330m Leeds student accommodation commences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Funding has been secured for GMI Construction Group\u00a0to begin work on the transformation of a Chinese restaurant into student accommodation in Leeds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/30m-leeds-student-accommodation-commences\/53232\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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