DWP signs on for Newcastle Pilgrim Place prelet
The Department for Work and Pensions has signed a major preletting at Reuben Brothers’ 1 Pilgrim Place, Newcastle upon Tyne.
The government department will occupy the 173,245 sq ft building, designed by Ryder Architecture, which will be used as a service and support centre when completed in 2027.
The adjacent 2 Pilgrim Place office building, measuring 90,000 sq ft, is also being delivered, with Bowmer and Kirkland appointed as the main contractors. The wider scheme incorporates a plaza, public realm improvements and car parking.
The Department for Work and Pensions has signed a major preletting at Reuben Brothers’ 1 Pilgrim Place, Newcastle upon Tyne.
The government department will occupy the 173,245 sq ft building, designed by Ryder Architecture, which will be used as a service and support centre when completed in 2027.
The adjacent 2 Pilgrim Place office building, measuring 90,000 sq ft, is also being delivered, with Bowmer and Kirkland appointed as the main contractors. The wider scheme incorporates a plaza, public realm improvements and car parking.
Tony Wordsworth, director at Avison Young, which advised Reuben Brothers, said: “This major letting represents a vote of confidence in the strength of the Newcastle city centre office marketplace.”
Chris Turnbull, principal at Avison Young, added: “There are already good signs of progress on site with the two tower cranes supplying the emerging cores of both buildings which, when complete in 2027, will procure the comprehensive development of Pilgrim Place, the southern block of the Pilgrim Street regeneration area.”
The Pilgrim Street redevelopment started about a decade ago with the transformation of the 120,000 sq ft Bank House on the site of the former Bank of England. HM Revenue and Customs will be moving its North East operations to the site in 2027, once the 463,000 sq ft building completes.
BNP Paribas acted for the DWP. Knight Frank are joint agents alongside Avison Young for the 2 Pilgrim Place building.
Image © Ryder Architecture
