Main active project dates: 1991 - 1998.

The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation was established in 1987 to develop land on the banks of the River Tyne and River Wear. From the beginning much emphasis was given to a mainly vacant 20 acre site called 'East Quayside' to the east and outside the conservation area of central quayside, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. In 1987 a design competition for prospective developers was launched and in 1988 Shearwater and Rosehaugh's were appointed to develop the site with their scheme based around 'festival shopping'. The scheme had a problematic journey, with initial objections from the City Council and occupiers of the site and then further impacted by the collapse of the property market between 1998 and 1990.

In 1990 the Development Corporation accepted that the Shearwater and Rosehaugh scheme was impractical for the Newcastle market and the vision for the site was forced to change. In 1991 Terry Farrell and Partners' masterplan was chosen as the basis for the development of Newcastle's East Quayside, and in 1992 the construction company and property developer AMEC was appointed to develop the area based on the TFP masterplan. The masterplan was developed in a number of phases and was completed in 1998. In 1995, the project focused on residential housing on the quayside, focusing on a number of City Road Villas, and then additional terracing on Horatio Street. Part of the masterplan also included a 'crescent' residential building around the confluence between the Ouseburn and the Tyne known as the Ouseburn village. The crescent building may have influenced the future designs for the 2005 Ouseburn Gateway masterplan, but was never executed. More information about the continuation of masterplan design features can be found under Newcastle 2005 Masterplan Scheme project material.

Construction Partners:
The Napper Partnership
CZWG Architects
Faulkner Brown
Ryder
Arup