A project milestone has been reached on a £13.7 million shopping centre extension project in Leeds.

Morgan Sindall is delivering the 65,000 sq ft leisure extension to White Rose Shopping Centre.

The contractor has now reached the topping out stage of the project and is on schedule for completion in summer 2017.

Features will include an 11-screen cinema, six restaurants and outdoor public realm features. Around 350 full-time and part-time jobs will also be created upon completion.

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Morgan Sindall senior project manager, Peter Finegan, said: "We are very pleased to reach topping out on such an exciting project. Our work here will leave a lasting legacy, providing a platform for retail and leisure-focused businesses to establish themselves in one of the most popular shopping destinations in the North."

Speaking during the topping out ceremony, Rob Jewell, Portfolio Director at developer Land Securities, said: "The topping out ceremony today marks the team’s achievement since breaking ground in April and is an important step towards practical completion in just over three months’ time.

"We are all so excited to complete this vital extension to the scheme, and look forward to opening new restaurants and the cinema next summer."

(LM)