Leeds South Bank is the largest sustained urban regeneration zone in the north of England. Vastint UK, a subsidiary of IKEA's investment arm, is the anchor developer at Aire Park, a 24-acre mixed-use scheme on the former Tetley Brewery land and adjacent brownfield sites. Phase one delivered 190,000 sq ft of office space at 1 and 3 South Brook Street, and a full eight-acre public park opened in July 2025 as the UK's largest new city-centre park. The second phase, currently on site, is delivering 502 homes, 20,000 sq ft of flexible leisure space and a multi-storey car park, with the wider scheme projected to complete by 2032. The project draws groundworkers, concrete-frame contractors, M&E trades and finishing subcontractors from across the Leeds and Bradford corridor.
Adjacent to Aire Park, Caddick Group secured a £16 million Homes England infrastructure grant in 2025 to unlock South Village, a £1 billion, 10-acre scheme that will deliver up to 1,925 homes (nearly half two and three-bedroom units), 450 hotel beds and 70,000 sq m of commercial space between Meadow Road and the river. Infrastructure works including roads, utilities, cycleways and green space are now on site, with the first residential plots to follow. Caddick Construction, the group's contracting arm, is among the key employers of local subcontractors on Yorkshire residential and commercial schemes.
Temple Works in Holbeck, the Grade I listed 19th-century flax mill, is undergoing a £35 million restoration to become a new British Library North, adding specialist heritage and structural-repair trades to the South Bank mix. Across Leeds city centre, a crane-count survey in early 2026 recorded six live South Bank schemes delivering over 2,000 homes and 235,000 sq ft of offices simultaneously. Northern Accountants and other regional firms focus their CIS marketing on the Leeds market, making it a competitive geography, but we offer a UK-wide remote service and on-site knowledge of the local project pipeline.