A developer has been named to take forward a £500m conversion of the former Newcastle General Hospital site into a centre for research and innovation in ageing and living well.
Newcastle University has formed a joint venture with Genr8 Kajima Regeneration Ltd, a project which will create a number of news jobs as well as new homes, after being granted planning permission earlier this year. The mixed-use scheme in Newcastle’s West End will integrate research, living, workspace and health uses to create a leading destination which will examine new approaches to the way we live and how these can relate to improved health and wellbeing.
The 29-acre site will include specialist housing that will be trialled, specifically for those living with dementia and traumatic injury. The majority of buildings on the old hospital site, which dates back to the 1800s, are being demolished to make way for the landmark expansion of the Campus for Ageing and Vitality (CAV), which currently occupies part of the northern end of the plot.
