Two landmark offices on Riverside Sunderland backed by Legal & General, are starting to take shape.

The Maker and Faber buildings, which together will create 150,000 sq ft of office space, are set to become the workplace of thousands of people working for businesses of all sizes and kinds, when they open their doors in 2024.

Delivered by development manager Landid, Maker and Faber have been funded as part of Legal & General’s £100m commitment to the Riverside Sunderland site, and a combined £160m that the institutional investor is ploughing into the city over the next few years.

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Sir Robert McAlpine has been contracted to build Maker and Faber, with Maker, a six-storey building that will deliver 80,000 sq ft of office space, set to be completed first.

The second building, Faber – which will stand five-storeys high, delivering 70,000 sq ft – will follow and will be home to 400 staff from RSA, who announced their plans to move into the city centre earlier this year.

The steel frames – amounting to 1,625 tonnes of metal - stand to the north of the new City Hall and will deliver buildings boasting panoramic views out to sea and across the River Wear.

James Silver, managing director of Landid, said: “It’s incredible to see Maker and Faber begin to take shape and make their mark on what is a fast-changing landscape in the city centre.

“The steel frames start to give a real sense of just how much these buildings will transform the city centre, and – for the development team – it’s a really special moment as our plans start to come to fruition.”

Maker and Faber are a key part of Riverside Sunderland, which will create a vibrant, mixed-use site, comprising 1,000 new homes for up to 2,500 new residents, as well as a range of new places to enjoy – including parkland both sides of the river, and ‘the UK’s best library’, Culture House - and 1m sq ft of office space.

 

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