Aire Street Workshops, home to more than 30 independent businesses and around 150 employees, is likely to be sold as the council takes sweeping measures to cut its budget deficit. Businesses have been told to find a new home by January 31, 2025, and one freelance artist told the Yorkshire Evening Post he is “gutted” that the workshop’s future is at risk.
” The council said it held a meeting with the building’s leaseholder, LCVS Enterprises, in September last year to inform the social enterprise company that Aire Street Workshops had been identified as a likely asset for sale. The spokesperson added: “At September’s meeting, we also agreed to a request from LCVS for their current lease to be extended through to January 2025 so that their tenants had more time to find alternative accommodation prior to any sale.