Over 20 charities working in Newcastle city centre have been told that they will lose their office after the building was sold to Northumbria University.
Charities based at MEA House on Ellison Place were informed on Monday evening that they will have to relocate following an exchange of contracts between owners MEA Trust and Northumbria University on Tuesday, June 13. Tenants will have until next summer to find a new premises and will be supported by MEA Trust and Northumbria University during the process.
The sale will allow the university to expand its existing campus and the Grade II listed building will undergo a multi-million-pound refurbishment as part of plans. Michael Spriggs, chairman of the MEA Trust, said selling the site was a "difficult decision" but that the trust could not afford to keep up the maintenance of the building.
