Hammerson has announced that it has signed up D&D London to take space at its £165m Victoria Gate development in Leeds.
The 34-strong D&D will take a 7,807sq ft rooftop unit which will include an outside dining terrace. The restaurant will be the group’s third restaurant in the UK outside of London.
Following the launch of Victoria Gate next year, the new 53,400m2 (574,745 sq ft) Victoria Estate, which encompasses Victoria Quarter, will become the city’s new, premium retail quarter. Anchored by a flagship John Lewis store, the scheme includes a two-street covered arcade to accommodate new aspirational retailers as well as the rooftop space for restaurants that is set to transform the retail and dining offer in Leeds.
Des Gunewardena, chief executive and chairman of D&D London, said: “We are very excited to be opening a restaurant in what I think will be a spectacular rooftop space above Hammerson’s new Victoria Gate shopping centre. This will be our second venture in Leeds after the launch of Crafthouse and Angelica which have proved big successes for us, and we enjoy very much being a part of the city’s restaurant scene.”
Sarah Fox, head of Restaurant and Leisure at Hammerson, said: “We are delighted to be able to welcome D&D to the Victoria Gate. Not only is this a significant first for Hammerson’s shopping centre portfolio, securing a restaurant group of the calibre of D&D is a fantastic result for the development and reflects the aspirational retail, dining and leisure experience we are bringing to Leeds.”
