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         EXCHANGE
           CO U RT
    Duncombe Street I Leeds I LS1 4AX

    Freehold - vacant possession recently obtained
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+   A 52,535 sq ft modern office building arranged over five floors
                                                  with 53 car parking spaces, reflecting an attractive parking ratio of
                                                  1:991 sq ft.
                                              +   Prominently positioned fronting the A58/M inner ring road in
                                                  Leeds, only 12 minutes’ walk from Leeds City Rail Station.
                                              +   Previously let to Interactive Investor Services Limited at
                                                  £957,447.50 per annum. The tenant vacated on 1 November 2021.
                                              +   Opportunity to refurbish and re-let existing office space and grow
                                                  the net income potential through active asset management.
                                              +   Significant redevelopment potential to add two additional floors
                                                  to the existing building and convert to student accommodation /
                                                  residential / hotel, subject to obtaining the necessary consents.
                                              +   Permitted Development approved in August 2021 for the change
                                                  of use of offices (B1) to 81 apartments (C3), (subject to conditions).

                                                  Offers in excess of £7,750,000, subject to contract and
                                                  exclusive of VAT. An offer at this level would reflect a
                                                  Capital Value of £148 per sq ft.

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LEEDS

                                                                                                                                     ABERDEEN
 Leeds is the UK’s fastest          Located at the heart of           The City Region has
   growing city with one           the UK and the Northern           a GVA of £64.6bn and
    of the most diverse            Powerhouse, Leeds is the          Leeds City has a GVA
    economies and the              UK’s 3rd largest city, with       of £21.3bn with 32,600
 driving force behind the           a resident population of         businesses and 6,110
 city region’s £64.6 billion       779,000 which increases              small & medium                           GLASGOW
         economy.                    to 3 million within the       enterprises, reflecting the                                EDINBURGH
                                     city region and with a        diversity and resilience of
                                   workforce of 1.37 million.         the economic base.

                                                                                                                                          NEWCASTLE

                                                                                                             BELFAST

       The number of
businesses has increased
    by 11.4% since 2014,
                                 Leeds is behind only London
                                     and Cambridge for the
                                    number of fast growing
                                                                        It is therefore no
                                                                      surprise that Leeds
                                                                      saw the fastest rate
                                                                                                                               LEEDS
   comparing favourably          firms, defined as companies         of private sector jobs
  to the national average         which have achieved three          growth of any UK City                                             MANCHESTER
  of 8%. Over the next 10            years of 20% growth in            including London             DUBLIN       LIVERPOOL
   years, the economy is            revenues or employees                      (2016).
 forecast to grow by 21%.        (Enterprise Research Centre).

                                                                                                                                                        NORWICH
                                                                                                                              BIRMINGHAM

Leeds is widely recognised          Companies with more            The attraction of Leeds as                     CARDIFF
    as the largest centre           than 1,000 employees            a city extends beyond its                                                    LONDON
  for Financial and Legal          based in Leeds include          growing economic base to
Services outside of London         Asda Group, First Direct,       providing a strong ‘quality
  and is home to 20 FTSE             Centrica, Ventura, BT,       of life’. Leeds is the highest-
   100 companies and in             Direct Line Group and        ranking UK City, according to
 excess of 30 National and             Yorkshire Bank.           Arcadis, on this measure that
    International banks.                                           takes into account health,
                                                                 education, housing and living
                                                                  costs and work-life balance.

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LEEDS
                                              INFRASTRUCTURE
                                              ROAD

                                              Leeds is strategically located at the           Further modernisation is in the
                                              heart of the UK, benefitting from               planning stage to create a new public
                                              excellent road communications. The              realm which would revitalise the
                                              City is located just 6 miles from the           location at City Square.
                                              M1 and M62 intersection, the principal
                                              north-south and east-west motorways.            AIR
                                              The A1(M) lies approximately 10 miles
                                              to the east of Leeds.                           Leeds      Bradford    Airport   is
                                                                                              approximately 8 miles north-west of
                                              RAIL                                            Leeds City Centre.

                                              Leeds Railway Station is the busiest in         The airport has grown rapidly over the
                                              the North of England, with over 38m             past decade with around 3.7 million
                                              passengers every day. The station               passenger journeys annually, and
                                              has undergone a modernisation                   flights to more than 75 domestic and
                                              programme with the opening of                   international destinations..
                                              the new £20m southern entrance
                                              in January 2017 and new eastern
                                              entrance in 2019.

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HOTEL
                                                                                                                      IBIS

                                                                                                                             EXCHANGE
                                                                                             A58 (M)                           COURT
                                                                                                                                                                                           NUFFIELD
                                                                                                                                                                                            HEALTH

     LOCATION                                                WELLINGTON
                                                               PLACE

                                                                                                                                                                                                         LAW
                                                                                                                                                                                                        COURTS

                                                                                                                                                                                PARK
                                                                                                                                                                               SQUARE
     Exchange Court is a prominent                                        PREMIER
                                                                            INN
     office building situated fronting
     the A58/M inner ring road on                                                                                                                                                                     DAKOTA
                                                                                                                                                                                                      HOTEL
     the western side of the Central
     Business District in Leeds, offering                                                                             5                                                                  BOND
                                                                                                                     mins                                                                COURT
     an excellent branding opportunity
     and undoubted kerb appeal.                                            RIVER                                                   WELLINGTON    CHANNEL 4
                                                                            AIRE                                                     STREET         HQ
                                                                                                                                                                                   10
                                                                                                                                                                                  mins
     The building has exceptional road                                                                                                                       QUEENS
                                                                                                                                                              HOTEL
     communications with access from                                                                                                                                   CITY
                                                                                                                                                                      SQUARE
     Kirkstall Road and Burley Road via
     Marlborough Street.

     The building is only 10 minutes’ walk
     from Leeds City Rail Station and the
     main retailing area of the city; and
     a 7-10 minute walk from Leeds
     General Infirmary, Town Hall and                                                                                                                                                                                TRINITY
                                                                                    HILTON             LEEDS TRAIN                                                                                                    LEEDS
     Civic Quarter which are within easy                                            HOTEL                STATION
                                                                                                                                                                                   BOAR
     reach, together with Leeds’ West                                                                                                                                              LANE

     End, situated between Wellington
     Street and Whitehall Road.
                                                                  15
                                                                 mins

LEEDS TRAIN STATION                   TRINITY LEEDS              LEEDS BRADFORD AIRPORT                 VICTORIA LEEDS                    LEEDS ARENA                    CITY SQUARE                            LEEDS INFIRMARY
  10 MINUTES WALK                   12 MINUTES WALK                 20 MINUTES DRIVE                   17 MINUTES WALK                  17 MINUTES WALK               10 MINUTES WALK                          7-10 MINUTES WALK

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For indicative use only

                 TITLE
                 The property is held freehold under title WYK688986
                 (edged orange on the plan here), and benefits from an
                 exclusive use to park 53 vehicles (excluding lorries),
                 on the adjoining Title WYK546340 (Blenheim House),
                 (designated spaces shown edged in *white* for
                 illustration purposes only).

                 The use of the car parking spaces is subject to a service
                 charge cost for keeping the parking areas in good repair
                 and condition.

                 The Exchange Court site extends to 0.82 acres with a
                 site coverage of 39%.

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Images show previous tenants fit-out

                                                                     DESCRIPTION
                                                                     Exchange Court is a quality 5 storey office building constructed in the mid-1990’s
                                                                     of steel frame construction with brick clad elevations and aluminium curtain
                                                                     wall glazing to part. The building is surmounted by a largely pitched, slate roof.
                                                                     It benefits from a double height glazed entrance foyer at ground floor, accessed from
                                                                     Duncombe Street, providing an impressive and spacious reception area.

                                                                     The floors are ‘S-shape’ in layout, arranged around a central core, providing well-
                                                                     organised and flexible accommodation with outstanding natural daylight, and a 2.8m
                                                                     floor to ceiling height.

                                                                     The high specification includes:

                                                                         Comfort              Perimeter            150 mm raised            Suspended
                                                                         Cooling            Central Heating         access floors            Ceilings

                                                                     LG7 Fluorescent        Double Glazed         3 x Otis 8 Person      Male/Female/
                                                                        Lighting              Windows              Passenger Lifts    Disabled WC facilities
                                                                                                                                          on each floor

                                                                     The configuration of the building is well-suited to both its existing office use and will
                                                                     readily convert for alternative uses (subject to planning).

                                                                     Exceptionally attractive car parking ratio of 1:991 sq ft, rarely seen within Leeds City
                                                                     Centre.

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TENANCY
                                                                                        The property was previously let in its entirety to Interactive Investor Services Limited
                                                                                        on a 25 year lease from 1 November 2005 at £957,447.50 per annum (£18.22 per sq ft).

                                                                                        The tenant exercised their break clause and vacated on 1 November 2021.

                                                                                                                                             TYPICAL UPPER
                                                                                                                                               FLOOR PLAN

                     **The tenant vacated on 1 November 2021**

           ACCOMMODATION
           The building has the following Net and Gross Internal Floor areas:-

                                                  NIA                     GIA
            Floor                         sq ft         sq m      sq ft         sq m
            Ground Floor Reception        337            31
                                                                 10,097         938
            Ground Floor                 8,098          752.34
            First Floor                  10,757     999.37       13,057         1,213
            Second Floor                 11,122     1,033.27     13,057         1,213
            Third Floor                  11,105     1,031.63     13,057         1,213
            Fourth                       11,116     1,032.66     13,057         1,213                                                                  GROUND
            Total                        52,535         4,881    62,325         5,790
                                                                                                                                                    FLOOR PLAN

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CGI showing how the building would look with an additional 2 floors

   REFURBISH,
                                                 There is a significant opportunity to
                                                 reposition Exchange Court in the
                                                 market either by refurbishment or
   CONVERT,                                      conversion, with scope to develop
                                                 two additional floors on top of
   DEVELOP                                       the existing building, (subject to
                                                 obtaining the necessary consents).

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CGI showing potential office interior

                                                                                                                                                                    CGI showing potential residential upper floor

       DEVELOPMENT
       DUE DILIGENCE
       The Vendor has commissioned Curtins to provide a Structural Feasibility Study for a Vertical
       Extension to Exchange Court, with consideration given to adding up to two additional
       storeys of accommodation to the top of the existing building, for potential residential,
       office, student accommodation or hotel use. The findings are positive, (subject to some        CGI of reimagined reception area
       strengthening works), and the full report is available for review within the Dataroom.

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EVOLVING FOR THE FUTURE
                                                     A feasibility study has been prepared by DLG Architects with planning
                                                     consultant input, to highlight the development potential of Exchange Court,
                                                     exploring various design opportunities. A copy of the study is available within
                                                     the Dataroom. The four options available are as follows:

                                                                     Refurbish existing office space

                                                                     Capitalise on the diminishing Grade A stock in Leeds and relaunch
                                                                     Exchange Court in 2022 with renewed / refreshed interior and M&E.

                                                                     Convert to residential
                                                                     (general permitted development under use Class O)

                                                                     The feasibility study assumes a combination of 1, 2 and 3 bed units
                                                                     from 50 – 74 sq m. Minimum residential space standards will not
                                                                     apply as a Permitted Development application was submitted and
                                                                     validated by Leeds Planning Authority prior to the change in national
                                                                     space standards. Consent was given in August 2021 for the change of
                                                                     use from offices (B1(a)) to residential (C3), (subject to conditions).

                                                                     Convert to student accommodation

                                                                     At pre-application stage, City Plans Panel confirmed the proposed
                                                                     development of the site for student accommodation was acceptable
                                                                     in principle. Growth in new purpose built student accommodation is
                                                                     to be welcomed in order to meet need and to deflect pressure away
                                                                     from private rented houses in areas of over-concentration.

                                                                     Convert to hotel

                                                                     A hotel use could be supported at this location and a formal pre-
                                                                     application would be recommended to gauge planning acceptability.

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OPTIONS SUMMARY                                        Existing

                      1                                 5 Office                 Office
             OPTION

                                                         Suites                5 Storeys
                                  Office                                                                        Potential
                                  Refurbishment                                                                    with
                                                                                                                extension

                      2
                                                                                            107 Flats                                     Residential
                                                          81                  Residential
             OPTION

                                                                                              with                                        Extension to
                                                         Flats                 5 Storeys
                                  Conversion to                                             Extension                                      7 Storeys
                                  Residential

                      3                                   162
                                                                               Student      235 Flats
                                                                                                                                            Student
                                                                                                                                          Residential
             OPTION

                                                                              Residential     with
                                                         Flats                                                                            Extension to
                                  Conversion to                                5 Storeys    Extension
                                                                                                                                           7 Storeys
                                  Student Residential

                      4                                  185                     Hotel
                                                                                            262 Rooms                                        Hotel
             OPTION

                                                                                               with                                       Extension to
                                                        Rooms                  5 Storeys
                                  Conversion to                                              Extension                                     7 Storeys

                                  Hotel
                                                                                               Indicative options as identified in DLG Architects Feasibility Study.

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For illustration purposes only

PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT
A Permitted Development Determination for the change of use of offices (B1(a)) to 81
apartments (C3) was approved on 5 August 2021 under application number: 21/04977/
DPD, subject to conditions. The conditions largely relate to the requirement for an
acoustic and ventilation scheme; Phase 1 ground assessment (and any associated
remediation strategy); and full details of cycle parking facilities and EV charging
points. Further details are available within the Dataroom.

The approved plans and Schedule of Accommodation are as follows:
                                                                                                    Central Balcony (2nd Floor Only)

Floor          1B1P (40m²) 1B2P (50m²) 1B2P (60m²) 2B3P (61m²)         Units Total
Ground                4               1                  1    4            10
First                 5               2                  2    8            17          SECOND - FOURTH
Second                6               2                  2    8            18          FLOOR PLANS
Third                 6               2                  2    8            18
Fourth                6               2                  2    8            18
Total                27              8                   10   36           81

                                              Entrance

GROUND                                                                                 FIRST
FLOOR PLAN                                                                             FLOOR PLAN

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OFFICE MARKET
            LEEDS CITY CENTRE TAKE-UP (BY SQ FT)                                                     These represent some of the larger transactions for 2021, although Knight Frank are
                                      LEEDS CITY CENTRE TAKE-UP (by sq ft)
                                                                                                     dealing with a number of sub-10,000 sq ft transactions, which have or are due to
            800,000                                                                                  complete imminently.
            700,000
                                                           5-year average (2016-2020)
                                                                                                     BUILDING                      SIZE    HEADLINE RENT OCCUPIER
            600,000
                                                                                                     1 City Square                4,086          £33.00         Avison Young
            500,000
                                                                                                     2 The Embankment             3,200          £23.50         Tyr Law
            400,000
                                                                                                     Tailors Corner                2,371         £34.00         James Hambro
            300,000
                                                                                                     Tailors Corner               3,565          £32.50         Interpath
            200,000
                                                                                                     Tailors Corner                1,927         £32.50         Circus PPC
             100,000
                                                                                                     10 Wellington Place           7,427         £29.50         The Conservative Party
                   0
                             2018                2019                2020               2021         No 1 Whitehall Riverside     7,495          £27.50         Weightmans LLP

            Following the impact of Covid in 2020, office take-up in the city centre for the year    Over the past 5 years, 88% of the number of deals done were for office suites of less than
            was 337,446 sq ft, 47% below the 5-year annual average of 638,260 sq ft (2016-2020).     10,000 sq ft, with 79% of those deals being for sub-4,000 sq ft space. With floorplates
            By contrast, take-up for 2021 was 623,985 - 85% greater than 2020. Take up for 2021 is   of c.11,000 sq ft and a central core providing the ability to divide floorplates, Exchange
            on a par with the 5 year average. The largest deals for 2021 include:                    Court can cater for various size-requirements with ease.

                                                                                                     RENT

                     Q1:                            Q1:                            Q2:               Despite the considerable market challenges, headline rents increased to £34.00 per sq
                                                                                                     ft in 2020. This is an increase of 13% over the last 2 years and is demonstrative of the
                83,000 sq ft                   21,000 sq ft                   41,000 sq ft           shifting market preference towards securing the highest quality space.
               pre-let to DLA Piper                to Instant                      to Global
               (City Square House)             Managed Offices                 Banking School
                   – due to PC                 (123 Albion Street)            (St George House)                                                     The upward drive on prime rents will
                  summer 2023                                                                                                                       allow a repositioned Exchange Court
                                                                                                                                                    to command a price point which offers
                                                                                                             Prime rents                            value, without the need to compromise

                                                                                                          £34
                                                                                                             in Leeds of                            on quality. Occupiers are now seeking

                    Q2:                             Q3:                            Q4:
                                                                                                                                                    to reinvigorate both their physical and
                                                                                                                                                    virtual spaces by promoting collaborative
                18,000 sq ft                  68,000 sq ft                    20,000 sq ft                                                          working fully in 2022 and beyond.
                sale to UtterBerry
                                                  to Lapcorp                      to Cubo
                 (Prospect House)                                                                                                                   Exchange Court will attract new
                                                (Drapers Yard)               (6 Wellington Place)
                  – due to create                                                                               per sq ft                           occupiers seeking to capitalise on quality,
                800 jobs in Leeds                                                                                                                   location, amenity and specification, but
                                                                                                                                                    at a discount to prime Leeds rents.

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OFFICE MARKET CONTINUED
PUBLIC SECTOR DEMAND                                                                      It is clear demand in Leeds is currently outstripping supply, in both the prime and
                                                                                          subprime markets, with less than one year’s supply available, against the backdrop
Leeds was selected as the home for the Department for Work and Pensions’ second           of pre-Covid demand levels.
HQ, which houses a Ministerial office and opened in April 2021. The move follows
the announcements during the Budget that Leeds would become home to the new               DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE
Infrastructure Bank and more recently by the Department for Transport that it would
create 650 jobs at a regional headquarters in Birmingham and a northern hub in            The supply imbalance will not improve in the short-term with only one new build
Leeds. This demand will play out positively for the city and Exchange Court is well-      scheme completing in 2021.
positioned to capture this demand.

PRIME SUPPLY                                                                                             Tailor’s Corner
                                                                                                         25,000 sq ft
The existing supply of new accommodation is limited to 83,000 sq ft within four prime
                                                                                                         (c.8,000 sq ft pre-let over three
buildings. Knight Frank advise on Majestic, One City Square and 34 Boar Lane and we
are able to confirm advanced interest with each building.                                                transactions achieving rents of
                                                                                                         £32.50 - £34.00 psf)
                                                                                          2022 will see the delivery of three buildings:
     Majestic            One City Square           34 Boar Lane       6 Queen Street
    17,000 sq ft           26,000 sq ft             20,000 sq ft        20,207 sq ft
   £34 psf                 £34 psf                 £32 psf             £30 psf                      12 King Street                                Globe Point
                                                                                                    54,000 sq ft - £34 psf                        38,000 sq ft - £34 psf

                       Total 83,207 sq ft
                                                                                                    One Sovereign Quay
                                                                                                    21,600 sq ft - £30 psf
Grade A availability          Grade A availability           Grade B availability
of existing stock             now stands at only             sits at

                              277,990                        260,000
has fallen by

14%
since Q4 2020                 sq ft                          sq ft                        OFFICES FOR TOMORROW

                              across 14 buildings,           spread across 20 buildings   After our stint of lockdown-induced WFH, the office is unlikely to function the way it did
                              (following completion          within the city centre,      before. It will become a space dedicated to celebrating the human side of business –
                              of pre-lets / under            some of which have not       innovation, training and development, collaboration, empathy, humour and creativity.
                              offer suites, this will        been fully refurbished and   As a result, when businesses search for their next office space in Leeds, they will have a
                              fall to 272,000 sq ft).        will be difficult to let.
                                                                                          new set of demands, demands that can be matched to Exchange Court.

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RESIDENTIAL /
            STUDENT MARKET
            The vast majority of alternative uses in close proximity to Exchange Court are
            residential PRS schemes and student accommodation.

            STUDENT

                                                             8%
                                                                                             Knight Frank’s Student Property Index indicates headline rental growth for purpose
                          Leeds has eight                                                    built student accommodation (PBSA) across Leeds, of 2.7% for the 2020/2021

                          universities
                                                                                             academic year.
                                                             of the city
                                                             population
                                                                                             This is higher than performance across the UK as a whole of 1.7%. Average rents in
                                                             are students.
                                                                                             Leeds per week across the range of room types, adjusted to 51 weeks tenancies are
                                                                                             as follows:

                          2 world class                      21%
                          business schools                   of student
                                                             population are
                                                             international.

                          14 colleges                        17% total
                          for further education              growth                          Non en-suite             En-suite                      Studio              Non PBSA1

                          and Europe’s largest
                                                             in student numbers since
                                                             2015/2016 and 58% growth
                                                             in international students (as
                                                                                               £112                 £149                         £212                   £141
                          Teaching                           against the UK averages of
                                                             13% and 27% respectively).
                                                                                                      (1Based on a 2 or more bedroom property and incl. bills of £20 pw)
                                                                                                                  (Source: Rightmove, Knight Frank Student Property).

                          Hospital
                          Trust                              60,559                          There are currently 4 schemes under construction and a further 12 with planning
                                                             full-time students in Leeds     consent, providing a total of 5,481 proposed beds with consent.
                                                             and 24,610 purpose built
                                                             student accommodation beds.     When the development pipeline under construction is completed, the proportion of
                                                             Therefore, 59% of students      existing students unable to access PBSA would change from 59% to 58%, in line with
                                                             are unable to access purpose    York, Reading and Nottingham. This projection is dependent on a number of implicit
                                                             built student accommodation.    assumptions, in particular, that the student population remains unchanged.

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RESIDENTIAL                                                                                                      AVERAGE RENTS
                                                                                                                 IN LEEDS FOR 1
The residential market in Leeds has moved from strength to strength in recent years,                             & 2 BEDROOM
born from a very robust rental market following a long-term lack of development of                               ACCOMMODATION
good quality, desirable city centre homes. It now has one of the fastest growing city
living markets in the country with a supply pipeline playing catch-up.

The sustained investment the city has seen in infrastructure, culture, retail and
leisure, in addition to a considerable growth in high quality employment space has
helped support continued interest from developers and institutional funds seeking to
invest long-term in the city living market. Specifically, the Build to Rent (BTR) sector
is now starting to establish itself in Leeds and 69% of all new homes currently under                                             1 BEDROOM

                                                                                                                                  £704
construction are for BTR.

Continued growth and development of the city’s two universities, an increased                                                       pcm
graduate intake combined with a strong graduate retention rate, also supports Leeds                              Average
as being a very attractive place in which to develop and invest.
                                                                                                                 rents
                               LEEDS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE
                                                                                                                 in Leeds:
           2,000                                                                                                                  2 BEDROOM
           1,500
                                                                                                                                  £896
Number     1,000                                                                                                                    pcm
of Units

            500

               0   2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021*2022* 2023*

           ■ Completed ■ U/C
           *Future year figures are predicted based on current completion dates for under construction projects

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                                                                                                                                  £927
In mid-December 2020, the government published a revised proposal to increase
the housing target by 35%. This is an increase for Leeds from 2,787 homes per year,
to 3,763 homes per year – 516 homes per year more than originally planned under                                                     pcm
Leeds’ core strategy, with a plan period of 2017-2033. The ministry confirmed the                                Average
housing delivery is expected to be met by the cities and urban centres themselves,
rather than surrounding areas, albeit four of the 12 residential developments currently                          rents
under construction are in the South Bank area of the city centre, four are in the eastern                        in LS1:
fringe and three in the western fringe.                                                                                           2 BEDROOM

In 2020, the city centre delivered 32% of this target through 1,211 completed units                                           £1,213
(Leeds Crane Survey 2021). Although developments have been delayed, (for various                                                    pcm
reasons, including Covid), a number of pipeline developments are expected to
commence in 2021, continuing the pace of residential delivery in the city centre. This
development is being fuelled by investors who are now looking more to the long-
term, with residential property values in Leeds city centre increasing.

                                                                                                                                                     PROMINENT QUALITY OFFICE BUILDING
   Exchange Court I Duncombe Street I Leeds I LS1 4AX
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                                                             Exchange Court sits within a growing mixed                KEY   A City Reach One                          F Brotherton House

            LEEDS                                            use area, offering a wealth of residential,
                                                             student, and commercial accommodation.
                                                                                                                             Mixed use of residential, student and
                                                                                                                             commercial uses - 9-12 storeys
                                                                                                                                                                       Student residential - 14 storeys
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                                                                                                                             B Kirkstall Road                          Residential, co-working retail - 33 storeys
                                                                                                                             Residential and commercial - 10 storeys   H Yorkshire Post Site Phase 1                       K
                                                             There are a number of new developments
                                                                                                                             C The Foundry                             Residential - 11-18 storeys

            PLAN                                             proposed, under construction, or recently
                                                             completed in the surrounding area.
                                                                                                                             Student residential - 9 storeys
                                                                                                                             D The Refinery
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                                                                                                                                                                       Office developmentl - 14 storeys              K Lisbon Square
                                                                                                                             Student residential - 11 storeys          J Wellington Place 11 & 12                    Mixed use BTR, retail,
                                                                                                                             E Union Burley Street                     Office development with flexible              student, aparthotel and
                                                                                                                             Student residential - 8 storeys           commercial ground floor - 11 storeys          office - 11, 22 & 33 storeys

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                                                                                                                                                                        Exchange Court I Duncombe Street I Leeds I LS1 4AX
TENURE                                                                                                   PROPOSAL                                                                                        ALL ENQUIRIES
Freehold.                                                                                                We have been instructed to invite                                                               For further information, Dataroom
                                                                                                         offers in excess of £7,750,000, subject                                                         access or to arrange a viewing,
EPC                                                                                                      to contract and exclusive of VAT.                                                               please contact one of the following
The property has two current EPC                                                                                                                                                                         sole agents:
assessments as follows:                                                                                  An offer at this level would reflect a
C (57)           First Floor                                                                             Capital Value of £148 per sq ft.                                                                Eamon Fox
D (85)           Ground, Second,                                                                                                                                                                         Eamon.fox@knightfrank.com
                 Third & Fourth Floors                                                                                                                                                                   T: 0113 297 2433

VAT                                                                                                                                                                                                      Corinne Travis
The property is elected for VAT, and VAT                                                                                                                                                                 Corinne.travis@knightfrank.com
will be payable on the purchase price.                                                                                                                                                                   T: 0113 297 2403

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