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FulwellCain Studios, a joint venture between global entertainment company Fulwell 73 and Cain International, has today announced plans for Crown Works Studios in Sunderland, which will be one of the largest filmmaking complexes in Europe, creating...

The UK’s leading breakdown company is investing in new office space at Quorum Park as part of plans to modernise its operations. The AA, which will be moving in March after nearly 30 years at Newcastle Business Park, is taking 27,000 sq. ft. of ...

Over the last three decades there was a rush to the East Quayside new office development by the professional and legal sectors because the fixed fabric of Newcastle city centre could not provide the larger floorplates of office accommodation then ...

Multinational defence and security firm Leonardo has announced that it is investing in creating a new high-technology science and engineering facility on Newcastle Helix, a ground-breaking 24-acre city centre development that brings together indus...

Plans to lead a North East delegation to one of the world’s largest real estate conferences have taken a major step forward following the recruitment of a number of organisations from across the built environment, education and professional serv...

Invest Newcastle, part of NewcastleGateshead Initiative (NGI), has launched plans to return to two of the leading global real estate conferences in 2023.   Following success at both MIPIM and the UK’s Real Estate Investment & Infra...

The North East of England has continued to see major investment over the past two years since we last attended global real estate conference, MIPIM. Despite the pandemic, activity across the digital and tech, renewable energy, advanced manufacturi...

On the 14th March, the region’s public and private sectors will be heading to MIPIM, the world’s largest international property conference.   Invest Newcastle are leading a high-level delegation to Cannes, with more than 20 sponsors and over...

Newcastle-based property firm The Hanro Group has announced senior appointments as it looks to develop and expand its investment and development operations. Newcastle University graduate, Gagan Jagpal has been recruited as portfolio...

Newcastle took fourth place in the recently announced TOP 10 mid-sized European cities of the future 2022/23. The rankings were announced by fDi Intelligence in their European Cities and Regions of the Future report. The study, which benchmarks th...

A cutting-edge £500m development supporting the understanding, care and innovation of products and services for an ageing population has been given the go ahead in Newcastle. The regeneration of the former General Hospital site, on Westgate Road ...

Gehl, the world’s leading architects in urban design, will be visiting Newcastle on 23 and 24 February for the next phase of the Quayside reimagining project. The team have been commissioned by NE1 Ltd to lead the project. Heading up the Gehl te...

Angus White MRICS, Partner at Naylors Gavin Black In the not-too-distant past, the North East was considered by some to be a bit of a charity case. Investment here was frequently subsidised and supported with state intervention – usually from th...

A derelict building on Tyneside that was once at the heart of the industrial revolution is set for a new lease of life helping create the next generation of jobs.   The Pattern Shop, behind Newcastle Central Station, was where industrial...

Sage revealed as naming partner for the NewcastleGateshead Quays development with £10m investment Partnership will play a crucial role in delivering a pioneering community-focused, state of the art arena (Sage Arena), exhibition and conferen...

Newcastle’s most impressive new development has reached a key milestone with the completion of the building’s central core – which can be seen towering over the city skyline. Bank House, on Pilgrim Street, is being constructed by Bowmer + Ki...

Today (Friday 14th January) the public and private sector joined Invest Newcastle for an online breakfast event to discuss plans to lead a North East delegation to one of the world’s largest real estate events. MIPIM will take place between 15-1...

A national property firm has placed a £5m investment into purchasing and creating new and modern office accommodation in Newcastle City Centre. SONA Estates purchased Hadrian House, which is set to be refurbished and rebranded as Hadrian Newcastl...

Gateshead Council’s development partner “Ask:PATRIZIA”, has submitted a full planning application for the £260m arena, conference and exhibition centre on Gateshead Quays. The 80,000 sq ft development, which will host international conferen...

A specialist firm of chartered building surveyors and project managers is to manage the creation of a scheme bringing 100 new student bedrooms to Newcastle. Silverstone Building Consultancy has been chosen to lead on the project by Leicesters...

Newcastle City Council has so far paid out £32.3 million in business support grants to help local traders through the coronavirus pandemic. More than 2,500 businesses have received grant payments worth £10,000 or £25,000 from the council to hel...

As a result of the escalating global situation around coronavirus (COVID-19), Invest Newcastle welcome plans to reschedule MIPIM 2020 to 2-5 June. We all have a duty of care, not only to our delegates and their families, but to the wider community...

You will be aware of coronavirus (COVID-19) and the potential impact on MIPIM 2020. There is growing speculation about whether the event will go ahead as planned Invest Newcastle are in constant communication with the organisers Reed MIDEM, who ar...

Ward Hadaway are a Top 100 Law Firm headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne with offices in Leeds and Manchester. They have one of the largest Real Estate teams in the North East representing clients regionally and nationally. As a firm which has its...

Avison Young on behalf of Taras Properties has submitted a planning application for Pilgrim Place at their prominent “gateway” Pilgrim Street Regeneration Scheme.  Pilgrim Place is located on the eastern side of Pilgrim Street, and adjoin...

The latest Avison Young “Big Nine” report shows total take-up across the Big Nine office markets (Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle) amounted to 8.8 million sq. ft. in 2019, 3% above t...

CEO Gary Morton discusses his goals for the world’s leading property market conference. MIPIM 2019 was a first for Morton Group, but by no means the last. Last year’s global property market helped open the door to new partnerships and opportun...

Members of the Built Environment Team at leading law firm Ward Hadaway, will champion the region at the world’s largest international property conference in Cannes next month. The UK top 100 law firm, alongside major public and private sector pl...

The launch of a new bank aims increase the supply of property development finance to the UK, specifically in the regions and starting in the North. GBB is led by an experienced management team and has this month formally applied to the Prudential ...

Work to transform Newcastle upon Tyne into one of the world’s best digitally connected cities is underway. Newcastle is celebrating a major milestone in its digital transformation with work now well underway to build a full fibre network to reac...

Broadoak Asset Management celebrated their 5th anniversary with a series of milestones. These included moving into new offices in Newcastle and announcing the arrival of two new key appointments; John Seager and Rebecca Morgan. John Seager was mos...

Lok Developments, part of Newcastle based Morton Group, is set to develop 37 new homes on the Former Sanderson Hospital site in Gosforth, after Newcastle City Council voted unanimously to approve the plans at its Planning Committee meeting on 31 J...

A ground-breaking new vision for affordable homes to suit all generations is being put forward for Newcastle Helix – a 24-acre vibrant innovation district in Newcastle’s city centre. The ‘Future Homes’ project aims to design and build ...

The redevelopment of 152-156 New Bridge Street in Newcastle into 24 high quality new apartments is one step closer as Morton Group signs a deal with Tyneside Group to fund and deliver the scheme. The joint venture will bring forward the £6.6milli...

One of Newcastle’s landmark buildings has welcomed two new tenants following deals secured by the region’s newest commercial property consultancy. The office agency team at Naylors Gavin Black LLP concluded the duo of lettings at The Pear...

The North East of England has been reflecting on world-wide trends such as an ageing society. With a global reputation for research excellence into healthy ageing they are facilitating innovation-led economic growth and helping people live well fo...

Chris Donabie, Partner at Naylors Gavin Black, looks at how the region is delivering new development to help accommodate key growth sectors. The North East LEP’s Strategic Economic Plan for developing our regional economy, identifies Digital and...

Developers have announced plans to bring forward a new industrial scheme on the last parcel of land at Drum Industrial Estate in Chester le Street. A joint venture between Argon Properties and Buccleuch Properties, Panther Court will deliver two n...

Invest Newcastle has gathered the region’s key players to discuss plans for MIPIM 2020, the world’s largest international property conference.   Plans were revealed at a breakfast event at The Catalyst building on Newcastle Helix. Represe...

A £260m arena, conference and exhibition centre on Gateshead Quays moves a step forward after contractor is named. Ask:Patrizia, Gateshead Council’s development partner, have awarded Sir Robert McAlpine the contract to build the ‘game-changin...

BIM Show Live 2020 guests are set to benefit from inspirational talks and discussion about how the digital construction industry is using BIM for good at the UK’s original BIM conference being held in Newcastle, UK, on 26-27 February 2020. Respo...

The Team at Newcastle Helix are celebrating after winning the ‘Collaborators Award’ in the EG Awards 2019. The EG Awards are the most coveted in real estate and were hosted and presented by Strictly Come Dancing’s Claudia Winkleman and Saman...

Government Property Agency appoints Pat Ritchie, Chief Executive at Newcastle City Council, as its new Chair Ms Ritchie will be charged with realising GPA’s ambitious target of delivering £1.4bn savings over the next decade Launched in 201...

BIM Show Live has issued a Call for Papers for its 2020 event which will be held on 26-27 February 2020 at the Boiler Shop in Newcastle, UK. The annual two day conference attracts up to 400 delegates and provides a unique opportunity for built env...

Five Questions… … with Catherine Affleck, Group Operations Director and Head of Property Management at Bradley Hall Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents 1. Why did Bradley Hall choose to attend MIPIM 2019 as part of the Newcastle delegation? ...

Planning has been granted for a £100m leisure, sport and food and drink development on Newcastle Quayside, which will feature a 460 ft (140 m) tall giant observation wheel dubbed The Whey Aye. Creating up to 800 jobs, the Giants on the Quayside d...

Development work on Newcastle Airport’s Business Park is now underway – as construction has started on Bellway PLC’s new headquarters. The North-East-based housing developer is to be the first business to the Airport Business Park site, with...

Invest Newcastle has launched their plans for a return to MIPIM, the world’s largest international property conference. A breakfast event was held at The Biosphere on Newcastle Helix where Invest Newcastle were joined by both the private and pub...

Two leading names in North East property are joining forces to create the region’s largest independent commercial property firm. Naylors and Gavin Black & Partners are coming together to form Naylors Gavin Black LLP. The new company will com...

Walton Robinson, the Newcastle-based property agency, has supported The High Street Group of Companies’ successful entry into the city’s student accommodation market with the rapid full letting of its first apartment development, Student 52. H...

National multidisciplinary development consultancy Pegasus Group is continuing its expansion with the opening of a new regional office in Newcastle. Based at The Corner, Mosley Street, it is the group’s 13th UK office and reflects an ambitious p...

Leading commercial law firm Ward Hadaway has the second busiest team of all Corporate legal dealmakers in the country, according to the latest Q1 Experian MarketIQ legal volume rankings which tracks M&A deals valued at more than £500,000 at r...

Newcastle International has launched a new inbound tourism website for the North East – which aims to increase the number of visitors to the region.

Our 90-strong regional delegation joined forces at MIPIM 2019 to showcase the North East to the international property world.

THE REGIONAL arm of one of the UK’s top-10 contractors has expanded into a new base at Team Valley.

Newcastle City Council has appointed property experts Knight Frank to assist them in procuring a joint venture (JV) partner to help shape and develop the final phases of, arguably, the city’s most prime development site – the Stephenson Quarter.

The developer constructing Newcastle’s tallest building has acquired another city site on which it plans to build a further 224 apartments.

Cllr Martin Gannon, Leader of Gateshead Council and Sheena Ramsey, Chief Executive are taking Gateshead to MIPIM for a second year as part of a record North East delegation led by Invest Newcastle.

Next week, the region’s private and public sectors are heading to MIPIM, the world’s largest international property event held in Cannes.

A leading North East full-service property firm has been announced as ‘The Most Active Agent’ in the region following an impressive year of commercial deals.

Plans to develop the former Npower base at Team Valley into high-spec industrial and distribution facilities have been approved by Gateshead Council.

Ward Hadaway is attending one of the biggest events in the international property industry calendar when it heads to MIPIM in Cannes in March as part of a delegation to attract investment to the region.

Located in Haarlem, the pioneering architectural practice is delighted to have successfully recruited Dutchman Wouter Peltenburg to lead the team.

THE best of the North East will be showcased in a series of spectacular new films.

The developer constructing Newcastle’s tallest building has acquired another city site on which it plans to build a further 224 apartments.

Leading commercial law firm Ward Hadaway is celebrating after being recognised as the busiest corporate dealmaker in the North East in the annual Experian MarketIQ league tables.

Plans for MIPIM have been unveiled at a breakfast event held at the newly-opened Maldron Hotel.

Taras Properties is to bring forward a high quality office scheme to redevelop the prominent former Bank of England “city centre gateway” site at the junction of Pilgrim Street and Swan House roundabout.

Developer World Wheel Company, which is planning to build Europe’s tallest observation wheel on Newcastle Quayside, has revealed striking new images and further details of the proposed project.

The North East’s largest airport, Newcastle International, has announced that they has appointed a developer and secured a tenant for the first phase of the Airport Business Park project.

The grand vision for Gateshead Quays has been unveiled by Gateshead Council, development partners Ask Real Estate, PATRIZIA and world-renowned architects HOK.

Businesses including GVA, The World Wheel Company, Ryder Architecture, UK Land Estates and Engie will join Invest Newcastle at MIPIM, an international property event held in Cannes.