[2] The company, though specialising in the conversion and redevelopment of listed heritage buildings, also engages in the construction of new-build property and acquisitions.

Considered within the industry to have a focus on creativity and design quality, Rushbond also involves itself in corporate social responsibility supporting a variety of community initiatives, partnering particularly with Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, and contributes to public art, funding projects such as Ian Randall's Steeped Vessels (2006) at Brewery Wharf, and Tim Etchells's neon artwork Where the Heart Is (2014), located on the Algernon Firth student residential building.

[7][8] One of Rushbond's buildings, the former Majestic Cinema on City Square, gained prominence after being gutted during a large fire in September 2014, just after the completion of works to restore and convert it into mixed leisure and retail use.

[9] A scheme to construct a new interior of high-quality office space and additional floors began in 2018, with the building becoming the new national headquarters of Channel 4 in 2021.

[10] Another focus of investment is the eastern side of Leeds city centre, with plans for the revitalisation of Kirkgate, Leeds's oldest street, resulting in the complete reconstruction of the Grade II* listed First White Cloth Hall, as well as ownership of Cuthbert Brodrick's 1863 Corn Exchange as a retail destination and New York House near Kirkgate Market.