Aykley plans £50m conversion of former AA offices into 151 rental homes
The Newcastle Business Park scheme would keep the existing building and add one or two storeys in places.
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First phase of Sunderland studio approved with £38.5m in public funding
Studio One will provide three sound stages for film and high-end TV productions, alongside production accommodation and a backlot.
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Metrocentre sold to Landsec in £516m deal
The deal is expected to complete by the end of October
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M Core buys The Gate leisure complex in Newcastle
The deal for an undisclosed price comes within five months of its Eldon Garden purchase.
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Newcastle Long Read · 18 min read
The best coworking spaces in Newcastle
From affordable hot desks to premium city-centre offices, we compare Newcastle’s best coworking spaces for freelancers, remote workers and growing teams.
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Plans submitted for performance square and park at Gateshead Quays
Gateshead Council's development partner has applied for permission for new outdoor spaces and infrastructure linked to up to £24m of regional funding.
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Newcastle Long Read · 10 min read
What Newcastle can learn from Manchester's rise
Newcastle wants to become England's most successful regional capital. Manchester shows what that takes, but not how to copy it.
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Newcastle to pitch proposed Tyne development zone to international investors
Mayoral Development Zone will feature alongside Pilgrim Street, a space skills centre and Quayside Music Studios at international conference.
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Newcastle Helix tests AI maintenance tools in three buildings
The trial forms part of WILSON, a €4.08m European research programme due to finish in 2028.
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Middlesbrough approves strategy targeting £887m in regeneration investment
Fifteen-project prospectus targets housing, jobs and the reuse of town-centre space
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Avant plans 320 homes for former Sage headquarters site
Skyline Quarter would replace the vacant Great Park office with houses and apartments
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Newcastle Long Read · 9 min read
Newcastle is rebuilding its city centre on a scale it has not attempted in decades
More than 1,100 homes already in live schemes, another 1,100 planned and over 700,000 sq ft of offices either side of Central Station.
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Newcastle United's £190m training complex revives Sir John Hall's 1990s Woolsington plan
A year after North Tyneside approved an expansion, Newcastle is starting again on a different site.
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County Durham Long Read · 9 min read
Can Durham Innovation District repeat the NETPark model?
The Durham Innovation District will replace County Hall with up to 400,000 sq ft of workspace.
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How Pilgrim Street became Newcastle’s new commercial district
Reuben-backed East Pilgrim Street development has turned a long-stalled corridor into a serious commercial district
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Newcastle Long Read · 8 min read
Forth Yards, the current state of Newcastle's last major waterfront site
An overview of who owns the site, what's already been spent and what October's developer decision means for Newcastle's waterfront.
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County Durham housebuilder Banks Homes sets out plan to quadruple annual output
The wider Banks Group is putting tens of millions of pounds behind the expansion.
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Tees Valley opens £33m brownfield fund to build 1,000 homes
Teesside is betting public money can bring its derelict industrial land back into use as housing.
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Hargreaves Services appoints Simon Hicks as chief executive
Gordon Banham hands over after 20 years, staying on to lead the German joint venture.