Northern Irish developer McAleer and Rushe have submitted plans to Newcastle City Council for a £100 mln (€123 mln) mixed-use city-centre scheme.
Northern Irish developer McAleer and Rushe have submitted plans to Newcastle City Council for a £100 mln (€123 mln) mixed-use city-centre scheme.
The Newgate Centre will be demolished to make way for a 250-bed hotel, with around 2,800 m2 for retail, restaurant and leisure on the ground floor and basement, with office space on the four floors above.
The development will include refurbishment of the Grade II listed 67 Clayton Street, which will form the entrance to the offices. A 705-bed student accommodation complex is proposed on the Grainger Street side of the site.
The Newcastle office of Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners (NLP) is advising on planning. Ian Kettlewell, associate director at NLP, said: 'This new development will revitalise this area of the city centre. The design by a local architect has been finessed in close co-operation with the council planning officers and local stakeholders. It reflects the vitality of Newcastle but is respects the much loved heritage of Grainger Town.'
McAleer and Rushe acquired the site in 2006 and secured similar planning permission for the site in 2011, to include three hotels, offices, retail and leisure units.
The developer said that the new application was an evolution which reflected the latest requirements of potential occupiers.
Subject to planning, demolition could begin before the end of the year.
