The Subplot | A new new normal emerges

Place North East met up with Hutchinson of Gateshead Council and Hewling, managing director of Avison Young in Newcastle, to discuss public-private partnerships, current and future projects, rising rents, and  regeneration.

A promotional video shown to chairman Yasir al-Rumayyan indicates a strong preference for a new 65,000-capacity stadium at Leazes Park, designed by London-based architects KSS and estimated to cost around £1.2bn. 

The housebuilder wants to convert the building into a mixed-use development with cafés, retail units, and BTR apartments, designed by FaulknerBrowns. 

The development will be the County Durham-based housebuilder’s first foray into the Tees Valley, as it looks to build 109 homes on the site. 

Work would include the demolition of the derelict Queens Head, Postchaise, and Monaco buildings on the north side of the town’s Market Place. 

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council has given the green light to plans for 345 homes on a disused farm, which Keepmoat will develop alongside Persimmon. 

The housebuilder and the youth mobility charity have teamed up in an effort to encourage young people to choose a career in property, with Bellway set to host the first North East workshop at its head office in Newcastle. 

Castle House has started on phase one of the two-acre former industrial site in north west Darlington, and is scheduled to finish in September. 

Following a vote where 91% of businesses voted in favour of the scheme, the business improvement district will focus on the seaside towns of Roker and Seaburn.