The former Federation Brewery site in Gateshead is set to be transformed into a new leisure attraction after being bought by new owners.
The Metrocentre Partnership has bought the former brewery base in Gateshead, which sits right next door to its shopping and leisure complex and has lain empty for the last 12 years, ever since Heineken ceased operations, to switch production to Yorkshire. Now a new development is poised to take shape at the 12.9 acre plot, as the Metrocentre owners seek to create a leisure offering to complement its neighbouring retail property.
The deal comes three years after former owners Intu revealed it was looking at possible redevelopment of the old brewery, which was the new home of Newcastle Brown Ale for five years before the brewing operation transferred to Tadcaster. Intu became one of the most significant corporate casualties of the Covid-19 crisis when it collapsed into administration in 2020.
