The Leeds economy is worth £18 billion, a growth rate of almost 40% in the last decade. It's home to over 25,000 businesses and has the highest ratio of private to public sector jobs of all major UK cities.

Leeds’ economy is extremely diverse, with new tertiary industries including retail, call centres, office and media contributing significant growth. As the second centre for banking services, the city employs over 14,000 people in banking and 46,000 across professional services as a whole. The financial and professional services sector in the city is highly skilled and set for significant growth (50% by 2022) thanks to an increasingly international focus and a highly skilled workforce.

Over 30 national and international banks are based in Leeds or in the wider region, and many firms have national/global headquarter operations, including first direct, KPMG, HSBC, DLA Piper, Direct Line Insurance Group, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Yorkshire Bank and Leeds Building Society.

The city has seen significant development over recent years. In 2013 the £350 million Trinity Leeds opened, the only major shopping centre development in Western Europe, to welcome over 22million visitors in the first year. The £60m first direct arena, Europe’s first purpose built state of the art ‘super-theatre’, has transformed the leisure and entertainment offer in the city

Over 35% of the working population is educated to degree level in Leeds and the University of Leeds features in both world and European rankings. (Source: Leeds City Region)

The city is located at the head of the M1 Motorway with easy access to the M62 and A1 routes and lies approximately 48 km (30 miles) north of Sheffield, 71 km (44 miles) north east of Manchester and 88 km (55 miles) west of Hull.

The property has been measured by BKR Floor Plans and provides the following accommodation:

Floor plans are available to download and the measured survey report will be assigned to a purchaser at a cost of £395 + VAT.

Boots Opticians Professional Services Limited (Co. No. 6779221) has reported the following figures:

Boots Opticians is one of the leading opticians in the UK with 618 practices of which around 167 operate on a franchise basis. In 2013, it became the first multiple optician in the UK to include digital retinal photography as a standard element of its eye test for customers of all ages.

Established over 165 years ago and a household name, Boots is the UK’s largest pharmacy-led health and beauty chain. As of August 2018, the company had 2,485 stores, 618 Boots Opticians practices and 503 Boots Hearingcare locations. Boots employs around 56,000 people and over 90% of the UK population is within 10 minutes of one of its stores. Boots is part of the Retail Pharmacy International Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, the largest retail pharmacy, health and daily living destination across the U.S. and Europe. For further information visit www.boots-uk.com.

1. An opportunity to acquire an attractive retail investment;

2. The property occupies a prominent retailing pitch in the heart of Leeds city centre;

3. Highly secure income - let to Boots Opticians (Net Assets £143 million);

4. Attractive unexpired lease term of approximately 8.75 years;

5. The tenant has been in occupation since the 1990’s and entered into a new lease for a term commencing in August 2017, demonstrating their desire to remain in occupation of this property;

6. The annual rent was re-based at lease renewal reflecting £x Zone A;

7. A purchase at the asking price reflects an attractive net initial yield.

Simon Crawford  simon@sc-associates.net
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