Sunderland glass centre debate rumbles on 

Carried out on behalf of the Department for Education, Sunderland Council is ready to give the green light to plans to demolish and construct buildings on the school’s campus, with Willmott Dixon overseeing the project. 

Reforms aimed at speeding up the lengthy gateway process that has prevented thousands of high-rise homes starting on site have been announced.

The infrastructure firm will construct Net Zero Teesside Power for Technip Energies, set to be the world’s first gas-fired onshore power station with carbon capture, compression, and storage. 

Plans for a 160-bed hotel, restaurant, two drive-thru coffee shops, a petrol station, shop, and leisure units have been approved by Redcar & Cleveland Council, located on a 10-acre plot in the south west section of the industrial zone. 

The convenience store is the first tenant secured for the street at Hanzard Drive, which will have nine retail units and sit in the middle of the 1,000-home estate in Teesside. 

Brims Construction has finished work on the Housing Innovation & Construction Skills Academy and will now hand over to Sunderland College. 

Middlesbrough Council is starting work on the spine road that will run through a proposed 1,000-home development. 

The 2,000 capacity St James’ Park fanzone and leisure destination opened last year with permission to operate until 2026, but following the popularity of the venue this has been extended. 

A deal agreed by the boards of the industrial real estate investors is the preferred option for Warehouse REIT shareholders, who had also been considering a £470m bid from Blackstone.