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Dec 2021
Royal House in Harrogate is to be refurbished and turned into a co-working space.
The property on Station Parade was built in 1847 and known as the Royal Hotel in the Victorian era.
It has been used as offices since the 1960s.
The building has been leased by Wizu Workspace, a Leeds-based company that operates six co-working spaces in Leeds, Sheffield and Bradford. It said it plans to spend "a six-figure sum" refurbishing the building.
Wizu has a membership model where customers pay a monthly fee to use their offices on demand.
Tom Almas, chief executive of Wizu, said it had expanded into Harrogate as the company believes there is an undersupply of modern office space in the town.
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