Yorkshire continues on its steady recovery course that may not be setting the pulses racing but is on course to provide new space.
The encouraging factor is that the recovery appears to be well balanced and spread geographically between the main centres. There is no doubt that Sheffield has improved as it should do given its status as the fourth largest city in the UK (something that is often forgotten).
That process will be given added impetus when the new retail quarter is completed, putting Sheffield back in the position it should occupy.
One type of building that proliferates in the region (though too many have been demolished) are the large former woollen mills that now make such ideal structures for conversion to business space for small and medium sized companies as well as residential. Their attraction is often a location alongside a river and they are usually strongly built.
Nevertheless, the important city for Yorkshire is Leeds, the country’s third largest city, which is enjoying a renaissance as an industrial and office centre. Here we are seeing speculative development that will hopefully set the tone for the next few years.
While it may be a few years in the future, Leeds can look forward to the arrival of the HS2 line. Before that happens, there has to be improved transport links across the Pennines to Manchester and Liverpool.