University of Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan plans to spend 拢375m on capital projects over next four years
Two of Leeds鈥� leading universities are planning to spend 拢375m on capital projects over the next four years, citing increased competition in the higher education market for increasing their development pipelines.
The University of Leeds is planning to spend 拢300m on capital projects over the next four years, including a planned 拢40m department building for physics, computing and imaging, the university鈥檚 head of estates Steve Gilley told a Built Environment Networking event in Leeds.
In the near term the university has 拢50m worth of projects in design or procurement, including a planned 拢25-35m refurbishment of its medical school and construction of a 拢10.5m multi-storey car park.
Gilley said: 鈥淲e curtailed our capital investment programme in 2012 [when the 拢9,000 fees regime came into force] as we predicted a big reduction in student numbers, but actually that hasn鈥檛 happened.
鈥淎mbition has now returned and all of our competitors are investing. The taps have started to flow open again.鈥�
Meanwhile, Leeds Metropolitan University is planning to spend 拢75m on capital projects over the next three years, the university鈥檚 director of finance and resources Stephen Willis said.
Will said the capital works will focus on a 鈥渞olling programme of improvements鈥� to its Leeds city centre campus, including remodelling the campus鈥� four main buildings to improve circulation and developing new facades, entrances and retail uses.
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