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Student flats planned for Leeds shopping centre
Plans that would see part of a shopping centre replaced by a 37-storey block of student flats are to be considered by Leeds City than 1,000 students would be housed in the development on the Merrion Centre site, which would also include a karaoke room, gym and study unit currently occupied by Home Bargains and a disused cinema would be demolished under proposals and a new building constructed on the same footprint.A report to councillors said the project would "contribute to an ever more vibrant city centre which will sustain the retail and hospitality sector".
Each year, tens of thousands of students call Leeds home while they attend institutions such as the University of Leeds, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds Arts and the Leeds for more than 17,000 student bed spaces have been approved in recent from Unipol suggests that between 2014/15 and 2022/23 the number of full-time students at the University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett rose by about 9,500 and is predicted to go up by another 4,000 by 2027/ number of international students in the city has also risen.
Why does Leeds need so much student accommodation?
Council officers have recommended approval for the Merrion Centre project set to be discussed by Leeds City Council's plans panel proposed tower, which would be located near three conservation areas, would be visible from parts of the city centre including Millennium Square."Distinctive" columns of blue brick would extend around the building and "help to define the new entrance", according to the approval would be subject to conditions including almost £600,000 towards nearby cycling and road report said plans for the scheme had been revised since it was first proposed in 2022.
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