The Engine House is central to the Tower Works site, one of five listed structures remaining from a factory complex which produced steel pins, and took its name from three Italianate Towers which provided innovative filtration systems for the works. Built in 1899 to a design by William Bakewell, the Engine House complex housed the site's engine and boiler, and retains historic features such as a partial mosaic floor, glazed white Burmantofts brickwork walls and a series of ten plaques displaying portraits of notable Victorian industrialists, including Tower Works owner and philanthropist Thomas Harding himself.

Carillion's proposal repurposes the historic building as a restaurant and microbrewery bar at the ground floor level with an art house cinema on the upper floor. The Engine House fronts onto the Tower Works master-plan's new public piazza, ensuring that the site's heritage is celebrated as well as providing a key element on the route through the site from Globe Road to the canal.

Gareth Jackson, Development Director for Carillion said: "We are really pleased to have secured this element of the Tower Works site, which is under the current ownership of Leeds City Council. Our team are in the process of developing a thoughtful and high-quality bar and restaurant offer which takes its cues from Holbeck and its emerging community and this announcement means we can begin conversations with independent cinema operators in earnest over the summer. This building is central to our proposals and we are looking forward to working closely with Leeds City Council to breathe new life into this unique and important building."

Leeds City Council executive member for regeneration, transport and planning Councillor Richard Lewis said: "We are pleased to appoint Carillion as the council's preferred bidder for the restoration of the Engine House. The proposals will add further vitality to the successful independent food and drink sector in the South Bank while the inclusion of an independent art-house cinema will further enhance the attractiveness of the area. Importantly, this is another great example of imaginative re-use of listed buildings in Holbeck Urban Village and will complement the award -winning redevelopments at the Round Foundry and Marshall Mill."

Carillion was announced as preferred bidder for the Tower Works site by the Homes and Communities Agency in March 2015. The Engine House designs will form part of the master-plan for the wider site, set to be submitted for planning approval in the summer.

About Carillion
Carillion is a leading integrated support services company with a substantial portfolio of Public Private Partnership projects and extensive construction capabilities.

The Group had annual revenue in 2014 of some £4.1 billion, employs around 42,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East and Canada.

The Group has four business segments:

Support services - this includes facilities management, facilities services, energy services, utility services, road maintenance, rail services and consultancy businesses in the UK, Canada and the Middle East.

Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects - this includes investing activities in PPP projects for Government buildings
and infrastructure, mainly in the Defence, Health, Education, Transport and Secure accommodation sectors.

Middle East construction services - this includes our building and civil engineering activities in the Middle East.

Construction services (excluding the Middle East) - this includes building, civil engineering and developments activities in the UK and construction activities in Canada.

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