Old Lewis's Building Headrow

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Wed 21 Jan, 2009 9:22 am

tyke bhoy wrote: They describe it as an atrium http://www.broadgateleeds.co.uk/office_ ... ation.aspa couple of small trees depicted but no indication if they are artificial or alive. I was also wrong in that the floor of the Atrium is above the retail units so the office workers won't be looking down on shoppers. Oh dear, apologies again folks - more egg on my face as I've got the wrong word too -yes, atrium not arboretum and no problem with trees

LS12 · Post by **LS12** » Tue 03 Feb, 2009 9:48 am

The plant room is 2 storey lourved structure which has been built on the roof of the building, to the rear/ side to house the air con units/ extraction ducts etc, u cant miss it!

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Tue 03 Feb, 2009 1:53 pm

Anyone got any links to how the nre Trinity Development will look or how it is layed out?

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Tue 03 Feb, 2009 2:18 pm

Its own website isn't very forthcoming but there is one artists impression of somewhere in the middle (view plan/cgi) and an overlay of artist impression on aerial photo (100% prime) plus an outline map (the scheme)http://www.trinityleeds.com/

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Tue 03 Feb, 2009 9:40 pm

leeds_girlie wrote: There's a Sainsbury's opening at the other side, the one heading towards the St John centre. As if we need any more mini supermarkets, there's one two minutes away up towards Morrisons and then Morrisons itself! Anyone else know what else is going in there? Or is Argos, TK Maxx and Sainsbury's everything? Funnily enough (and risking veering off-topic), when Morrisons bought Safeway, they were forced by the Competition Commision to close the Safeway store in the city centre as it was "too close" to the Merrion Centre store and this was apparently bad for competition.Yet Sainsbury's now have two stores within a few hundred yards of each other and Tescos have three in / around the city centre (one of which is the former Safeway....). Not sure how that works?I agree it's a crying shame about the internal state of the former Lewis's, but retail tenants want a simple box into which they can drop one of their identikit stores, so the developer / landlord gives them what they want to make the most money they can. This is esepecially so when there is nothing to stop them.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Tue 03 Feb, 2009 9:48 pm

tyke bhoy wrote: Its own website isn't very forthcoming but there is one artists impression of somewhere in the middle (view plan/cgi) and an overlay of artist impression on aerial photo (100% prime) plus an outline map (the scheme)http://www.trinityleeds.com/ Whilst the website features a remarkably good webcam at http://webcam-leeds.stage.lldev.co.uk/ the rest of the site is typical corporate spin, with little of substance.The artists impression image depicts a depressingly typical shopping mall, lacking soul or character, that could be anywhere and is almost certainly destined to feature the same swathe of empty units that every other mall in the city centre already has.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Tue 03 Feb, 2009 10:32 pm

raveydavey wrote: Funnily enough (and risking veering off-topic), when Morrisons bought Safeway, they were forced by the Competition Commision to close the Safeway store in the city centre as it was "too close" to the Merrion Centre store and this was apparently bad for competition.Yet Sainsbury's now have two stores within a few hundred yards of each other and Tescos have three in / around the city centre (one of which is the former Safeway....). Not sure how that works? The competition commission ruled on safeways because it was a takeover. LCC might have had to rubberstamp Sainsbury's at Broadstreet but not the CC. Perhaps the fact LCC have a plentiful supply of brown envelopes Tesco in the old Safeways and at the Armouries/Clarence Dock but I can't think where else.Are Asda missing out? They don't do convenience stores do they and with the exception of a small Morrisons supermarket the other 4 or 5 are convenience stores rather than supermarkets, aren't they?

slw · Post by **slw** » Tue 03 Feb, 2009 11:25 pm

tyke bhoy wrote: Tesco in the old Safeways and at the Armouries/Clarence Dock but I can't think where else. The other Tesco in Bridgewater Place.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Tue 03 Feb, 2009 11:42 pm

thanks slw. Pass it regularly but wouldn't know there was a tesco in there as there is little or no(?) evidence from the outside

slw · Post by **slw** » Wed 04 Feb, 2009 12:05 am

tyke bhoy wrote: thanks slw. Pass it regularly but wouldn't know there was a tesco in there as there is little or no(?) evidence from the outside I'm not sure if you can see it from the outside (I've only ever been in Bridgewater Place from the Water Lane entrance....) It is towards the Grove Pub.