Trinity, Leeds | 1m sq ft retail development | Now open!

[lazygamer]

Originally Posted by Mister City

Does anyone know exactly when in spring Trinity will open. I noticed Easter is very early next year (last weekend of March) so I wouldn't be surprised if it opened during that weekend.

Sometime between 20th March and 20th June 2013. Specifying a season rather than a month gives them a nice 3 month buffer to complete things. I'd expect a specific month before Christmas and a specific date to be announced in Winter.

I'd expect some stores (e.g. those in Trinity West and those on Albion Street) to open before the official date.

[Leeds No.1]

I doubt it will be as late as June- late March or April I'd guess.

River Island and Topshop are supposed to be open by the end of this year though I believe.

[scs2mwp]

Originally Posted by Leeds No.1

Leeds city centre church looks to the heavens with revamp

Sam Casey
Tuesday 8 May 2012 05:30

Rooftop revellers could be treated to a heavenly view if multi-million pound plans to revamp an 18th century church are approved.....

I popped into Holy Trinity to see the plans for this today. The refurb will include a 'light' cleaning of the exterior stone and treatment of the stained glass windows. However, what struck me the most when chatting to the Architects was it seemed strange they haven't secured a penny of the funding (£3 - 5 million) for the works yet. Surely Land Securities should have stumped up some money since the whole Trinity masterplan is focused around the church?!

[alphaxion]

Surely the church itself could afford it, since it is an incredibly rich organisation.

I always get irate over churches bleeding people dry for funding when their parent companies have billions stashed away

[di Livio]

Originally Posted by alphaxion

Surely the church itself could afford it, since it is an incredibly rich organisation.

I always get irate over churches bleeding people dry for funding when their parent companies have billions stashed away

Always a grotesque sight to see cash tills and a £10 or so charge at York Minster. Didn't Christ eject the moneylenders from the temple?

[Leeds No.1]

The Church of England is only rich in assets. It has very little disposable cash.

People shouldn't be charged to go into places of worship, but equally the Church of England can't afford the upkeep of its buildings alone.

[Alexi Lalas]

Maybe the should sell some of their assets then if they cannot afford to maintain what they've got, instead of 'begging' for donations.

[Leeds No.1]

I would quite agree, they should sell their assets- but this isn't a long term sustainable funding plan.

[alphaxion]

The church of England gets about £60million a year in gift aid alone and is the largest private landowner in the UK (think of the rental revenue), cash poor?
My aching arse.

[Lad 2011]

Webcam

[this_city]

forgot to mention but i noticed the other day that they seem to be erecting scaffolding round the other side of the cinema...getting readying to start building the last piece of canopy perhaps?

[Lad 2011]

Originally Posted by this_city

forgot to mention but i noticed the other day that they seem to be erecting scaffolding round the other side of the cinema...getting readying to start building the last piece of canopy perhaps?

Yep thats right

[di Livio]

Radical, maan.






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http://www.trinityleeds.com/sites/de...nity_Leeds.pdf

[ahillyar]

I'm surprised they've kept the old Boar Lane undercroft bit open to the public so long since they closed the bus stops. I suppose it allows them to work on the frontage without the public in the way.

On another note M&S have done well to have access to their loading bay/car collect point unrestricted during all these works, must be a tight squeeze for the lorry drivers.

[Leeds No.1]

Yes I'm surprised about the undercroft too.

As for loading - it certainly is a tight squeeze and I have no idea how lorry drivers do it. I do think we could do with a more efficient system of getting goods in and out of our cities. I know York, due to its narrow and windy streets, had proposed a hub on the outskirts where goods would be unloaded then ferried into the City on small electric vehicles.

Love the new bit of roofing that's going up by the way. I didn't expect the mouth of the arcade to be that wide- it'll be a huge stretch of roofing to say it's not the main dome.

[di Livio]

[Austin_rothwell]

Has anyone seen the installation being installed on Briggate?

Trinity has posted a photo on their facebook page but I'm crap at loading photos on here. Anyone wanna do it?

[ps60]

Originally Posted by Austin_rothwell

Has anyone seen the installation being installed on Briggate?

Trinity has posted a photo on their facebook page but I'm crap at loading photos on here. Anyone wanna do it?

Do you mean this photo?

[Aaronj09]

I have no idea what that is..

Turns out it's part of this event taking place next week: http://www.overworldsandunderworlds.com/

[Austin_rothwell]

Originally Posted by ps60

Do you mean this photo?

Yep that's the one thanks!

Looks creepy... and certainly isn't the rumoured "shopping man"