Lumiere (skyscraper)

Lumiere was a mixed-use skyscraper development in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, intended to be completed in 2010.

If construction had proceeded the building would have housed a mixture of apartments, offices, shops, cafés, restaurants and a winter garden.

In September 2007 work commenced to excavate and remove the existing foundations and basement of the previous Royal Mail building.

However, on 9 July 2008, developers KW Linfoot announced that the project had been put on hold due to the credit crunch, and construction would not resume until the economy stabilised.

[7] In August 2010, the owners of the Lumiere development announced they would enter voluntary liquidation,[2] meaning the building will not now be built.

Proposed height of the completed Lumiere, compared to the height of other existing and approved tall buildings in Leeds.
Picture taken of the Lumiere site on 1 August 2008 after work to construct the Simpson Haugh designed twin skyscraper scheme was put on hold
Central Square was built instead on the site (pictured here in February 2020).