How famous Leeds landmark, the former Majestic nightclub, is looking forward to a new lease of life for 2019

By The Newsroom
Published 4th Jan 2019, 09:02 BST
Updated 9th Jan 2019, 07:29 BST
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It is one of the most well-known buildings in Leeds and has had quite an eventful past but 2019 is set to see a new lease of life for The Majestic.

In recent times, probably better known for its time as the Majestyk nightclub, the Grade II-listed building was once placed on the buildings at risk register and then ravaged by a huge fire.

But owners Rushbond Group, with contractors Sir Robert McAlpine, are on course to this year finish a painstaking multi-million pound transformation of the former cinema which is being turned into state-of-the-art workspaces.

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Real Estate director, Mark Finch said: “It is a spectacular project, befitting of Leeds’ growing statute as a dynamic and ambitious city.”

A computer generated image of how The Majestic will look when completed later this year.A computer generated image of how The Majestic will look when completed later this year.
A computer generated image of how The Majestic will look when completed later this year.

From the basement to the top, the appearance of the building is effectively being turned inside out. Originally constructed with no real external light source, back in 1922, key features of this iconic building are to be put on show.

There will be seven levels of offices, a three storey atrium reception and roof terraces across over 70,000 square feet.

In the 1950s it was used as a ballroom while continuing to show films and in 1969 it opened as a bingo club. It was listed in 1993 and a couple of years later opened as the Majestyk nightclub.

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Rushbond acquired the building in 2010 after it was added to the Leeds Civic Trust’s ‘At Risk’ register and planned to create a live music venue and were in talks with prospective tenants when the blaze broke out on the last day of September in 2014.