Riverside Sunderland

A sustainable new urban quarter for Sunderland...

Riverside Sunderland is redefining our city: transforming a spectacular site into a unique urban quarter – an extraordinary place to live, work and play.

A place to live

1,000 sustainable new homes providing the perfect launchpad for urban adventures and aspirational lifestyles.

A place to work

1 million square feet of modern offices, commercial premises and other employment space, creating exciting new sites for businesses to grow.

Riverside Sunderland’s location is spectacular: amazing views across the city, of the river and the bridges, and out to sea; greenspaces, woodlands and rugged cliffs... there is no regeneration site to match this in the UK.

We're at the threshold of a decade of change that will revitalise the heart of Sunderland and mobilise investment on an unprecedented scale. The city’s historic industrial heart will be reinvented as an extraordinary place to live, a dynamic business location, and a vibrant focus for community life, leisure and culture.

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The Riverside Sunderland masterplan will create 1,000 homes for a community of 2,500 people, and 1 million square feet of offices and workspace for 8,000 – 10,000 quality jobs. Beautiful parks and public spaces will create a memorable landscape setting for Riverside Sunderland.

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News

CGIs of how the ultra-sustainable developments could look

Stunning new public realm planned for Riverside Sunderland

New connections are set to take shape in Sunderland as part of a major regeneration project that will reawaken forgotten parts of the city riverside.

First homes on Vaux site go to planning

Plans for the first of 1,000 ultra-sustainable smart homes to be built on Riverside Sunderland’s former Vaux brewery site, are moving forward.

(l-r) Landscape gardener James Almond, assistant manager Nicola McDonald, managing director Shaun Donnelly and landscape gardener Cary Robson.

Green shoots as City Hall moves forward

A Sunderland charity that supports people with learning disabilities is set for a blooming good winter, after being commissioned to deliver stunning centrepieces for the new City Hall.

The most ambitious city centre regeneration project in the UK

A sustainable new urban quarter for Sunderland...

A place to live

A place to work

A place to play