All 115 studios and four one-bedroom flats in Piccadilly Residence, within York’s historic city walls, are currently let to university students and professionals.
It’s hard to imagine that the Crown Prosecution Service previously occupied the space now taken up by fully furnished apartments with high-speed WiFi and a concierge in reception.
The 43,468 sq ft office block, then called United House, was sold at auction by Acuitus in July 2015, on behalf of LPA receivers, with two residential planning consents and – crucially – permitted development rights.
Guided at £5m, it sold for just over £6m and became part of the surge in PDR developments that has transformed obsolete office blocks in the city since 2013. It is managed by YPP Lettings.
