Interserve, the international support services and construction group, has successfully handed over to Leeds City Council a £28 million fitness and wellbeing centre called Holt Park Active.

The project, which has been funded through the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and built through the Leeds Education Partnership, showcases the work not only of Interserve Developments, Interserve Construction and Interserve Engineering Services, but also the group's FM operation, Interserve Support Services.

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Holt Park Active is an innovation centre, which represents a new approach to community fitness centres, putting health and wellbeing at its core. The centre consists of a range of flexible spaces for activities and support services that suits people of all ages. It features a gym, 25-metre pool, hydrotherapy and learning pools, dance studio, café, garden, sports hall, multi-activity rooms and meeting/training areas.

Commenting on the project Gareth Edwards, Interserve Construction's Operations Director, Strategic Projects said: "Interserve is responsible for delivering 23 schemes under the Leeds Building Schools for the Future Programme, representing some £350 million of investment for the people of Leeds. This centre will bring tremendous benefits to the local community, and it has been a real pleasure to see it become a reality."

(CD)