A MAJOR office refurbishment in West Yorkshire is complete.

A £1.6m refit for Elizabeth House in Queen Street, Leeds, provides 10,600sq ft of much-needed quality office space for the city.

Sheffield-based building and development company J F Finnegan, which bought the 25,000sq ft Elizabeth House from Valad for an undisclosed price earlier this year, has appointed the Leeds office of global property consultancy Knight Frank to jointly market the building with Bowcliffes.

Law firm Clarion has already announced plans to move its headquarters to Elizabeth House from Oxford Place in Leeds. It has agreed a 15-year lease for 15,000sq ft on three floors and will move its 100-strong team in the spring.

Elizabeth Ridler, a partner at Knight Frank in Leeds, said: “The first and second floors of Elizabeth House offer Grade A refurbished office space with excellent natural light and are available to lease now at the competitive rent of £17.50 per sq ft.

“The decision by Clarion to relocate here is a ringing endorsement of the quality and the location of the building.”