Dissington Estate on market for £18m

Robertson Construction has started on the conversion of space formerly occupied by House of Fraser at the Metrocentre into a 40,000 sq ft community diagnostic centre.

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A trailblazer devolution deal for the North East, a £450m investment in a Liverpool vaccine manufacturing hub, and regeneration funding for Runcorn, Rawtenstall, Newton-le-Willows, and Rhyl featured among chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s announcements.

Sunderland City Council and the incoming North East Mayoral Combined Authority will commit up to £120m using the tools provided by the deal announced in today’s Budget, providing a boost to the £450m film studios plan.

Along with the Zetland car park, the council wants to sell the town’s House of Fraser store, where plans for a music and cultural hub have advanced this year.

Northumberland County Council has asked the contractor to head a works programme tackling historical pollution at Lynemouth.

Social enterprise Places for People, working with Adderstone Living, has completed its latest project, on a former warehouse site next to South Shields Football Club.

George Parker-Fuller has joined the firm from Gateley, where he led the Northern residential development practice.

Redcar & Cleveland Council has greenlit plans from Willis Lease Finance Corporation and subsidiary Wills Sustainable Fuels UK for the facility at Dorman Point.