Homes England has sought a developer to build a new city centre neighbourhood with 1,100 homes on a brownfield site. Forth Yards, a former leadworks in Newcastle, is to be redeveloped to create new residential and commercial buildings after standing vacant for almost two decades. Homes England purchased the land in 2024 and recently received £121.6m in government funding to make it suitable for redevelopment. Real estate firm Avison Young has now been brought in to find a development partner for the "complex regeneration project".

The construction work will initially focus on Quayside West, a 15-acre parcel of land where 1,100 homes will be built, but the wider 50-acre 20ha site has room for a total of 2,500 homes.