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28/08/2009 - Pioneering Carnegie Village now open for business
Work on Leeds Metropolitan University’s Headingley Campus pioneering Carnegie Village scheme has been completed. Provided by student accommodation specialist UPP, the exciting high-specification student residence development, consisting of townhouses and cluster flats on the University campus will welcome its first students in September.
The Carnegie Village comprises of 479 student residential bedrooms including 7 adapted rooms for disabled students. Accommodation is split into six blocks with a mixture of townhouses for nine to twelve students each, and cluster flats. Blocks have been named after Yorkshire rivers: Aire, Calder, Nidd, Swale, Don and Wharf. The cluster flats include ensuite facilities, larger bedrooms with double beds, a 24-hour reception area and will double up as accommodation for conference delegates visiting the University during the summer months. The site also features CCTV, secure covered cycle storage, vending and laundry areas.
The Carnegie Village was designed and specified to satisfy sustainable design and boasts an achievement of ‘Excellent’ rating in the industry standard BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method). The Carnegie Village itself is made up of 13% recycled material.
Sue Holmes, Head of Estates at Leeds Met, commented “Leeds Met is delighted with the new residential development at Headingley Campus. The development sits beautifully within the site and we are thrilled that we have met the BREEAM standards. We have already had a lot of interest from prospective students and conference users and are sure it will deliver a fantastic residential experience for our students and guests.” The Carnegie Village will offer all-year-round residential conference facilities to delegates, with the England Rugby Junior Squad being the first guests this month. The high specification of the village has impressed recent visitors including teams from the Paralympics, South African Olympic Delegation and Football Association for the UK 2018 world cup bid. There will be 23 rooms available all year round rising to 370 out of term time.
Work commenced on the Carnegie Village in May 2008, with Principal Contractor Shepherd Construction Ltd and Architects GWP. UPP will also provide facilities management services, running the accommodation day-today.
Leeds Met’s ongoing environmental programmes earned the University a top ten place in People and Planet’s 2009 Green League Tables. Earlier this year, Leeds Met iconic Rose Bowl building, the new home of the Leeds Business School, was opened in Leeds city centre. The Rose Bowl has won favour by claiming 25 per cent recycled content and by also achieving the BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating. The Rose Bowl building was awarded Best Commercial Property Development in the 2009 Yorkshire Property Awards.
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For further details please contact Carrie Braithwaite in the News and Media team at Leeds Met on 0113 812 3022 or email
Notes for editors:
- Leeds Metropolitan University has 30,000 students and over 300,000 associate students through its partnerships with 24 colleges.
- The University has achieved its best ever Research Assessment Exercise results. Sports-Related Studies is in the top 6 institutions in the country with research rated at the highest levels of 4* and 3*.
- The University scored highly in the Times Higher's Student Experience and was ranked 2nd in the category 'Good library and library opening hours'.
- Leeds Metropolitan University won the 'Coaching Environment of the Year’ award at the sports coach uk 2008 UK Coaching Awards and was announced as the home of the UK Centre for Coaching Excellence.
- The University is home to The UK Centre for Coaching Excellence.
- Leeds Met Carnegie is the primary partner of rugby league’s Carnegie Challenge Cup.
- The University’s new iconic Rose Bowl building was awarded Best Commercial Property Development in the 2009 Yorkshire Property Awards.
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