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Site D is a 13.1 hectare site located just a stone’s throw away from the multi-award winning Newcastle International Airport and on the outskirts of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
The site has the potential to deliver a large-scale, high-quality office space that can be tailored to meet specific needs and requirements of a single occupier.
Located just 5-miles northwest of the city of Newcastle city centre, the site benefits from excellent transport links thanks to its strategic location adjacent to existing road networks – including the main A1 trunk road that connects North and South of the UK. The site also sits in close proximity to several new housing developments.
Led by Newcastle International Airport, who are looking for a development partner to bring forward the scheme in the next 5-10 years, Site D offers an opportunity for a commercial occupier to shape the design and build of the location, tailoring it to their specific needs and requirements.
Airlink is a 29 hectare land parcel immediately to the south of Newcastle International Airport’s runway and adjacent to the Airport’s existing and operational Golf apron.
The strategic location of the site presents excellent road access opportunities, thanks to being just 2.5 miles from the main A1 trunk road connecting the North and South of the UK.
The site also benefits from direct airside access, with aircraft able to arrive and depart with ease. Due to this, the site provides an ideal opportunity for freight and distribution operations but could also be an excellent location for time critical services, such as advanced manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and cargo operators.
Newcastle Airport’s runway can accommodate a wide range of aircraft and can handle both scheduled flights and specialist charters with ease. With 24/7 operations and Cat III landing capabilities the Airport is a perfect gateway into, and out of, the region. Additionally, the Airport is neither slot restricted nor congested.
Newcastle International Airport is working on a planning application with a development partner and anticipates planning permission in late 2025, with construction to begin in 2026.
The Airport is seeking commercial occupiers such as cargo operators, freight forwarding companies and ground handling agents, who will benefit from unparalleled connectivity due to the site’s direct airside access and proximity to global markets.
Forth Goods Yard is the first part of the Forth Yards regeneration area covering the land adjacent to Newcastle Central Station and providing a significant opportunity to deliver enhanced connectivity and public realm.
Led by BlockWork, a joint venture between Network Rail and Bloc, Forth Goods Yard will revitalise a parcel of derelict land and help make Newcastle Central Station fit for the future.
The scheme is anchored by an ambitious New York-style Highline pedestrian and cycle route, which will bring historic railway infrastructure back to life and promote a shift towards more sustainable active travel and a green public realm.
Serving as a catalyst to unlock the wider Forth Yards site, which is 51 acres of water frontage brownfield land, Forth Goods Yard will deliver circa 550 built-to-rent unite across two development plots alongside a circa 650-space multi-storey-car park (MSCP) on the former rail goods yard, which will connect vertically to Newcastle Central Station via the proposed Highline.
A detailed planning application is being brought forward for submission in Q2 2025, with enabling works and construction proposed to commence Q4 2025.
*Please note the images used are for indicative purposes only and are subject to change as the proposed planning application is developed.
The New Bridge Project seeks to completely transform an important piece of Newcastle city centre. A new mixed-use building will replace the former hotel building and car park and a new public space will extend the public realm of New Bridge Street West.
Better pedestrian links and a new gateway to the historic Market Street will all contribute to a significant improvement in the local streetscape and a continuation of public realm works linked to the new HMRC development, Blackett Street and Northumberland Street improvements.
The design proposes a new high rise residential building that will create an important new landmark for the eastern fringe of Newcastle’s city centre. A new hotel will compliment the residential development and will act as a catalyst for new restaurants to activate a new public realm and landscape.
Led by Gainford Group, which owns and operates The Vermont Hotel, The County Hotel and a number of bars and restaurants including Avieka and Livello, the New Bridge Project represents a strategic investment in Newcastle’s world-renowned leisure and hospitality offer.
City Gateway East is a game-changing transformation programme led by Northumbria University in the city centre of Newcastle.
Anchored by two major development projects, the North East Space Skills and Technology Centre (NESST) and the Centre for Health and Social Equity (CHASE), the ambition for City Gateway East is to build a new urban hub around state-of-the-art education facilities.
NESST is being brought forward by Northumbria in partnership with UK Space Agency and Lockheed Martin Space UK and will become a catalyst for the development of the UK space sector from North East England.
The project is expected to directly support the creation of over 350 jobs and inject over £260 million into the North East economy over the next 30 years.
CHASE is a flagship development bringing academics working on health, social care, education, wellbeing and equity issues together in a new state-of-the-art hub with world-class clinical skills facilities.
The 160,000 sq. ft scheme is expected to open by 2027 and promises to deliver a net present social value of over £250m.
Northumbria is looking to work in partnership with Newcastle City Council to unlock plots of development land around NESST and CHASE, with a requirement for at least 1,000 student accommodation units just one of the investment opportunities on offer.
Newcastle College and Newcastle Sixth Form College Rye Hill campus is a place where education and industry collaborate to develop talented individuals required to work in the construction; green energy and decarbonisation; health and social care; creative culture, hospitality and tourism, business and professional service sectors.
Comprising 10 buildings housing specialist facilities and a public piazza, the campus is home to 13,000 students studying A Levels to Masters degrees the college is regarded as a critical provider of workforce talent to the Newcastle City region.
Plans are being drawn up to regenerate the entire campus, from its southern boundary at the edge of the proposed Forth Yards development and Redheugh Bridge to St James Boulevard at its North.
Creating world class spaces of technical education, the site will act as the gateway to Newcastle, linking the River Tyne and the city centre. NCG is looking for partners who can help deliver its vision for transforming the campus and creating new learning experiences for students.
This is a unique renovation project to transform the 140-year-old Fenwick flagship department store in the heart of Newcastle city centre, phased over five years with completion by 2026.
To mark its 140th anniversary and coinciding with the burgeoning inward investment into the city, Fenwick is in the midst of a major £40m refurbishment programme to transform its flagship department store in the heart of the Retail Core on Northumberland Street and Eldon Square.
Two significant internal atria have been unveiled showcasing the retail and hospitality offer together with a complete renovation of the ground floor Beauty Hall. In 2024, a new curved glass shopfront on Northumberland Street will be revealed, which will feature central entrances on Northumberland Street opening views from the street into the store.
The renovation of the frontage, by Mailen Design, coincides with Newcastle City Council’s programme to deliver major improvements to the surrounding external public realm, on Northumberland Street and Brunswick Place.
In conjunction with Monument Mall and the City Council, Fenwick has been instrumental in creating an elevated pedestrianised street, with modern alfresco restaurants and an exceptional florist opening out from the Southern flank of the store onto Brunswick Place. Further new bars and restaurants are planned inside the store, alongside the acclaimed Food Hall.
Fenwick offers experiential pop-ups such as Bistro Greggs, which captured global media attention and quickly sold out, as well as its much-celebrated Santa on the Roof, which has become a must family experience every Christmas. In 2025, Fenwick customers will see many new experiences developed in collaboration with iconic North East brands.
The iconic Pattern Shop building is where industrial pioneer Robert Stephenson built steam locomotives in the 1800s for export around the world, heralding the birth of the railway and marking a key moment in the Industrial Revolution, reimagined and restored to house the next generation of groundbreaking businesses.
The Grade 2 listed building has been brought back to life connecting past, present and future to create spaces that benefit from the most advanced green energy technologies in this low carbon, low energy office building.
With spectacular views of the Tyne bridges and an enviable location, situated directly adjacent to Central Station and other major transport links, The Pattern Shop combines industry leading telecommunications connectivity with best-in-class sustainability technology, ensuring this soulful building is the perfect fit for businesses looking for a distinctive and special location to attract and nurture a talented workforce.
Newcastle City Council is working with PfP igloo on the further phases of the scheme and interested parties can contact Knight Frank North East for further details.
Stirling Prize winning architecture practice, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, have created the ten storey One Founders Place as a workplace that will be flooded with natural light and have stunning panoramic views and outdoor terraces. It will be technologically advanced, accessible and have human wellbeing and environmental considerations at the top of the list of design essentials.
One Founders Place is perfectly located right beside Newcastle’s central train station and just a short walk to the rest of the city centre, sitting where George and Robert Stephenson’s first purpose built locomotive factory was established in 1823.
A striking landmark building and gateway to the mixed-use development, One Founders Place will be one of a family of climate positive projects which support wellbeing and community at this central heritage site. Flexible floor plates and office spaces with a distinctive colonnade entrance and reception area to welcome visitors all add to the innovative and breath-taking offer for prospective tenants.
The Centre for Health and Social Equity (CHASE) at Northumbria University is an internationally recognised flagship centre, dedicated to promoting health and social equity across the UK and globally.
Building upon Northumbria University’s growing reputation for world-class applied teaching and research, the £100m Centre for Health and Social Equity (CHASE) project aims to promote regional, national, and international health and social equity. CHASE is projected to deliver a Net Present Social Value of over £250m over 20 years.
Northumbria University is developing a new state-of-the-art development on its Newcastle City Centre campus. It will use this building to house Faculty of Health and Life Science academics in expanded and enhanced, state-of-the art facilities. The new facility will enable the University to provide more innovative research, teaching, health and care workforce development and services offering to create improved social, economic and health outcomes for marginalised communities. Through the expanded teaching and simulation facilities the University will be able to play an even greater role in supporting a pipeline of talent to meet future NHS workforce needs.
Building on a decade of exponential growth in research capacity and quality, and capitalising on our social mobility mission, CHASE will enable Northumbria, as a key regional anchor institution, to become an instrument of greater equity as an employing, procuring, teaching and researching institution.
CHASE will be the largest transformational project of Northumbria University’s current strategy (2024-2030), housing academics collaborating on interdisciplinary research and experiential teaching to deliver breakthrough solutions for real world challenges.
