Joint Venture Partner for the Durham Innovation District
Buyer: Durham County Council
- Published
- 29 May 2025
- Place of performance
- UKC1
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure
- Lots
- 1
- Notice number
- 028324-2025
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-040454
- Official source
- Official source
CPV codes
- 09000000Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
- 45000000Construction work
- 50700000Repair and maintenance services of building installations
- 50800000Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services
- 55000000Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
- 65000000Public utilities
- 66100000Banking and investment services
- 70000000Real estate services
Description
Durham County Council are seeking a Joint Venture Partner to develop the council owned Aykley Heads site, as a catalyst for the new Durham Innovation District. The 15ha site is within single council ownership; has outline planning permission for 39,000 square metres of commercial floorspace for up to 4,000 jobs. It sits within a wider 60ha area of the city that is the emerging Durham Innovation District, encompassing the new University Business School and Milburngate, a 450,000 sq ft mixed-use development. Aykley Heads and the Durham Innovation District will provide a platform to maximise the benefits of economic growth. It will identify key areas of opportunity, including research and advanced manufacturing, green jobs, electronics, digital and creative, fintech, life sciences and satellite applications sectors. Inward investment will also be directly focused on these specialisms and ecosystems to create sustainable supply chains and jobs across the county and beyond. Although the Joint Venture will initially focus on the Aykley Heads location, the JV scope (of goods, works and services) may be expanded in the future to cover wider County Durham area opportunities in order to supp…
Awards
| Awarded to | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Muse Places Ltd | — | — |
Official publications
- FTS · 028324-2025 · 29 May 2025
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