Property and Construction Consultants Ridge & Partners – Leicester, has completed Phase one of a multi-million pound project to transform Leicester Racecourse’s redundant squash club into one of the City’s largest conference and event venues.
The £1.1m project, now called The Kube, has seen the existing squash club building completely restructured to provide a 26m x 26m event space with vehicular access. Designed to accommodate car launches, major exhibitions, corporate events and large weddings, The Kube has already hosted events for several of Leicester’s best known businesses including clothing retailer Next and Sturgess Motor Group.
As well as providing the initial feasibility study, Ridge was appointed to carry out project management, quantity surveying, design, Structural and M&E engineering and CDM-C for the project.
Gary Williamson, Partner, Ridge said: “We were delighted to be appointed to oversee the exciting transformation of the disused squash club at Leicester Racecourse. The changes have created a user friendly, versatile space that has filled a void in the conference and events market in Leicester.
“The creation of The Kube has paved the way for the next phase of construction at Leicester Race Course and we look forward to being part of it.”
Diana Wilder, Operations Manager for The Kube, at Leicester Racecourse said:
“We are delighted with the design and end result of The Kube. It has given us a truly versatile space that can be easily adapted to any type and style of event – something that is unique in conference and events provision in Leicester.
“Remodelling an original building is never a straight forward operation and on several occasions the project has thrown a curved ball. However, the team at Ridge & Partners handled each situation decisively and professionally and the end result is exactly what we envisaged.”
