Bid to win at core of
£350M TECH AND SCIENCE HUB WILL BE KNOWN AS THE HELIX
Business Editor office development that will bring thousands of high quality jobs to the North East.
As well as the office and research space, around 450 homes and apartments will also be built on the site.
Newcastle University’s vice-chancellor Prof Chris Day said: “The North East of England has been at the forefront of innovation for more than 200 years from Stephenson’s Rocket and Charles Parsons’ invention of the steam turbine, to being granted the world’s first ever licence to offer fertility treatment to mothers affected by mitochondrial diseases.
“Now, Newcastle Helix is set to be a site of world-leading research and technological advances alongside global businesses that will enable us to write the next chapter in our region’s enviable story of invention and innovation.”
The new name for the site is said to reflect “the coming together of aca-