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Leeds City Council is responsible, through its City Development Directorate, for a wide range of physical and economic development projects, regeneration, cultural and leisure activities. The council's mission is to bring the benefits of a prosperous, vibrant and attractive city to all the people of Leeds.
www.leeds.gov.uk

The Renaissance Leeds Partnership is a collaboration between the Homes & Communities Agency, Leeds City Council, Leeds Initiative and Yorkshire Forward. It aims to build confidence among investors and funding agencies, and increase public and private sector investment in the public realm and infrastructure of Leeds.
www.leedsrisingcity.org

Highcross is a property fund manager specialising in property investment and development opportunities, with properties located across the UK and including major industrial estates, office developments, start up workshops and business parks. Broad Gate, the venue for the Leeds Architecture Awards 2009, is the company's flagship mixed-use development in Leeds.
www.highcross.co.uk

Land Securities is a long-term investor in Leeds through its flagship White Rose Shopping Centre and Trinity Leeds, the new 1 million sq ft shopping and leisure destination, targeted for opening in autumn 2012. Land Securities owns over 40 retail properties throughout the UK where we are creating environments that appeal not just to shoppers but to the people who live near and work in our buildings, by providing new places to meet, open spaces, public art and clean and secure facilities.
www.landsecurities.com

Marketing Leeds is the city’s strategic marketing organisation, providing a leadership role for the city’s marketing.  It aims to raise the profile of Leeds as a vibrant, dynamic, internationally competitive city and as the gateway to Yorkshire and the UK
www.leedsliveitloveit.com and www.marketingleeds.com

Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services. Through our work, we make a positive difference in the world. We shape a better world.
www.arup.com

GB Building Solutions is a construction company with national coverage.  Recently completed projects include Roberts Wharf, Brewery Wharf and Echo Central 1 & 2, all of which surpassed our client’s standards of delivery. GB has formed a joint venture company, Oxford GB Ltd, with Oxford Hotel Projects. This joint venture partnership will provide a new 244 bed upscale hotel in Leeds city centre close to the newly announced Concert Arena.
www.gb-building.co.uk

Holbeck Urban Village aims to set new standards in sustainable development whilst creating a new creative and digital quarter for Leeds. The regeneration will also provide a vital link between the residential community of Holbeck and the city centre. Recent developments include Granary Wharf, featuring the City Inn hotel; The Mint offering 117,000 sq ft of BREEAM excellent office space; Neville Street incorporating light and sound installations from world-renowned artist Hans Peter Kuhn; and the completion of the award-winning Round Foundry.
www.holbeckurbanvillage.co.uk

Populous is a global design practice specializing in creating environments that draw people and communities together for unforgettable experiences. Over a quarter century, we’ve built a multi-disciplinary global team encompassing every expertise required to design the greatest gathering places and events worldwide. We celebrated a new beginning in 2009 as an independently-owned design practice. Our new name, Populous, reflects our recently completed buyout and separation from HOK Group. We are proud to have been appointed as part of the team currently working on the design of the Leeds Arena.
www.populous.com

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The award-winning Yorkshire Evening Post is a daily newspaper based in Leeds. With its unrivalled news and sport coverage it is a newspaper at the heart of life in the city – though its circulation and influence stretches throughout West Yorkshire and beyond.
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

A leading specialist in architectural photography, with over 20 years experience and many high profile clients. Based in Leeds, but covering the whole of the UK and Ireland, Cloud 9 offers a comprehensive service to anyone working in the field of architecture and interior design.
www.cloud9leeds.co.uk

At Jade we work closely with our UK and international clients, providing the best solutions for their printing needs. Established in 1973, family owned, Leeds based Jade, has built a reputation for quality, reliability, honesty and integrity.
www.jadeprint.com

Bovis Lend Lease is one of the UK’s leading construction and project management companies and has a strong track record of delivering landmark projects. The company offers a growing range of sector skills from the mainstream commercial and retail markets to leisure, pharmaceuticals, airports and public private partnerships.  Bovis Lend Lease UK has recently been involved in a number of flagship projects including Manchester Central Hospitals, The Curve, Leicester and the Ministry of Defence’s Single Living Accommodation Modernisation programme (SLAM).

Bovis Lend Lease has established a number of joint venture partnerships to plan, project manage and deliver regeneration schemes around the world.  We are committed to operating Incident and Injury Free and being a sustainable organisation, both in what we do and what we build.
www.bovislendlease.com