Leeds’ new 24-acre mixed-use district, Aire Park (the former Tetleys brewery site) is set to welcome leading multidisciplinary built environment consultancy, Ridge and Partners to 1 South Brook Street.
Following continued growth at the firm, which employs 65 people in Leeds, it will relocate from Brewery Wharf to take 6,930 sq ft across the seventh floor within Aire Park’s first phase of commercial development, overlooking the evolving 8-acre public park.
This move is a recommitment to the city which has supported Ridge and Partners’ growth following its 2021 acquisition of Leeds-based consultancy Projex Building Solutions. The firm which boasts a variety of specialisms including project management, sustainability, mechanical and electrical, and structural and civil engineering, has an even split across both public and private sector projects.
Ridge and Partners is the latest addition of leading businesses to locate to what is quickly becoming Leeds’ premiere business address, with international engineering firm Jacobs and leading rail operator Northern both having recently taken space in neighbouring 3 South Brook Street and Eversheds Sutherland confirmed as occupiers for the development’s new Kellstone building. The growing community also includes legal firm Devonshires, pensions provider TPT, investing platform interactive investor.
South Brook Street, the commercial district within Vastint UK’s regeneration of the former Tetley brewery site, is being designed with ESG at its heart with all the buildings targeting BREEAM ‘Excellent’ certifications, an EPC A rating and Platinum WELL accreditations.
Vastint UK’s vision for the site goes beyond bricks and mortar, focusing on not just creating best in class spaces for occupiers but developing opportunities for them to become part of its ambitious mixed-use community, which is centred around the UK’s largest new city centre green space.
Leyla Ongun, Commercial Leasing Manager at Vastint UK, commented:
“Ridge and Partners is a wonderful addition to South Brook Street and we look forward to welcoming them to Aire Park. As a development, we’re passionate about creating a diverse community that shares our vision for bringing business back to this historic epicentre of employment.
“Once complete, Aire Park will feature over 800,000 sq ft of Grade-A offices, creating space for over 10,000 workers, all of which will sit alongside an 8-acre public park. Complete with front row seats to the park, we’re establishing a really unique workplace offering which is more than just desk space and meeting rooms, and the calibre of businesses already calling Aire Park home really proves this. We continue to see high interest in our space and with our next building, the Kellstone, approaching completion we’re excited to work with more businesses whether they’re indigenous to the city and looking to grow or planning to bring their brand to one of the UK’s most exciting destinations.”
Andrew McNaghten, Head of Office at Ridge and Partners in Leeds, added:
“It’s a pivotal time for Ridge and Partners and we’re thrilled that we’re continuing to deliver growth in Leeds through offering our clients unrivalled expertise across a range of service areas. The positive challenge this growth provides is the need to find a new home for the business in the city centre, having watched the creation of Aire Park from our office windows over the last few years, it was clear that it offered not only the type of space we were looking for but also the chance to be part of an exciting community which Vastint UK is growing.”
The Aire Park development as a whole will span 24 acres of the city’s South Bank, delivering an expansive eight-acre public park, over 1 million sq ft of commercial space and over 1,350 high-quality homes with easy access to Leeds city centre and convenient routes to the train station in only seven minutes.
Savills worked on this deal on behalf of Vastint UK, with Sanderson Weatherall acting for Ridge and Partners.
Toby Nield, Director at Savills Leeds commented:
“It is great to start 2026 in the same vein as we ended 2025, by welcoming exciting new tenants to Aire Park. Ridge will be a fantastic addition to the tenant line up, it was great to work with them to accommodate their growth aspirations and kick start the leasing of 1 South Brook Street. Whilst many developers face challenges around rising build costs and a tighter funding environment, Vastint’s ambitious move to speculatively bring Grade-A office space to the heart of Leeds is yielding fantastic results. With ongoing discussions on other vacant space in the building and high demand overall for this versatile location, we expect another successful year for Aire Park and the community it is creating”
To find out more about Aire Park visit: airepark.co.uk.
This post is based on a press release issued on behalf of Vastint UK
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