And as skyscrapers, residential schemes and student blocks get developed in every corner, it means that old buildings whose best years are behind them get knocked down in their place.
The city has seen plenty of structures demolished in recent times, including pubs, railway bridges and shopping centres.
It can be sad to see these old relics of the city go, with some demolitions drawings crowds to witness their destruction.
We’ve featured some of the buildings to have been demolished and some projects that are ongoing or in the pipeline in the gallery below.
7. Weetwood Police Station
Weetwood Police Station is set to be demolished to make way for 127 new homes. A decision is still being awaited from the council on the application to demolish the site, which closed as a police station in 2020. | Yorkshire Post Newspapers
8. Yorkshire Evening Post building
Demolition has been ongoing at the site of the former Yorkshire Evening Post building, where plans are in place to build over 2,000 flats. Developers have confirmed the old tower bearing the mastheads of both the EP and YP, which was retained after the old office was demolished, is still set to be taken down before work starts on the three separate blocks. | National World Photo: NW