Invest: prime office and mixed-use opportunity
The Station to Stadium Corridor masterplan sets out several projects that public and private sector partners will work together to develop: increasing the utilisation of either empty or underutilised properties within the area for commercial office, research, development and residential use. The vision is to create a thriving, connected and enterprising district advancing well-being and prosperity though health innovation, environmental improvement, and clean growth.
Connecting Huddersfield Train Station, the University and the John Smiths Stadium, the Station to Stadium Corridor is a strategic location to the north east of Huddersfield Town Centre and acts as a key gateway into the town from the A62 Leeds Road and the Train Station. Investment from the Transpennine Route Upgrade will make Huddersfield one of the best-connected places in the North of England.
The area includes the University of Huddersfield’s National Health Innovation Campus at Southgate, a major Investment in translational health and wellbeing research, plus major employers including Cummins Turbo Technologies and Polyseam, as well as successful educational facilities at the Kirklees College campus.
The Station to Stadium scheme builds on these assets, acting as a key investment creating a corridor for enterprise – further enhanced with the inclusion of part of the corridor within the West Yorkshire Health Innovation and Digital Tech Investment Zone. This will unlock additional Government funding to boost innovation, productivity, and growth within the life sciences sector.
The corridor also includes a significant development opportunity at Gas Works Street with further land assembly possible. Gas Works Street is strategically well positioned to support growth in innovative health and wellbeing, and advanced manufacturing businesses. The site is ideally suited to a mix of office / research and development / and manufacturing uses.
Presented by
Kirklees Council
