Department Leeds Dock

Department Leeds Dock is the newest creative and tech hubs in the region.

11:38 20 March 2023

Property development and investment company Allied London is fully committed to transforming the wider Leeds Dock site into a thriving cluster of media, tech and creative businesses. 

The newly opened Department Leeds Dock, which forms part of the firm's vision, features a spacious event space, hot desk areas, private studios, premium suites, a podcasting suite, and meeting rooms. It is aimed at providing members and local communities a conducive space to connect in the heart of the city to tap into talent and amenities. 

Katherine Threadgold, Head of Brand at Glean, an edtech company that already moved into the building, said: “Department's vision for community really aligned with ours, and it's been great to be able to host regular learning events and open our doors to The Marketing Meet Up and Power BI networks. The flexible workstations and meeting room space has been a great hub for effective collaborative work, which has helped us dramatically expand our reach in the US over the last 12 months, all from our Leeds office.”

Alice Pickersgill, Exchange’s programme lead, said: “We've seen a gap in the market to be able to provide that media, creative, digital, tech space to bring those communities together here, like we’ve done in Manchester."

“With a growing tech industry here, it made sense to bring the Exchange programme over as well,” she explained. “Allied London already operates most of the Leeds Dock area so having these amazing businesses moving into the area, it just makes perfect sense to be part of that along with potential opportunities to collaborate.”