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Blueprints for a bright future

A TYNESIDE architecture firm is planning a hectic summer campaign after landing a series of high profile contracts.

Plus Three Architecture, of Jesmond, recently beat a number of national architects in a competition to design the new BT headquarters in South Tyneside, which is expected to create 500 new jobs for the region.

The council is set to construct the £11.2m development as part of a major redevelopment in South Shields and will lease it to the telecoms provider as a base for its UK operations.

Plus Three has now signed up to a range of new projects and is looking forward to a busy summer period.

Director Simon Dunstan, said: “It’s an exciting time for the company. We are working on a massive scheme in Kendal. This a huge regeneration project on a 20-acre site on the edge of the town centre.

“This will include a new superstore, an office and factory for a local engineering company as well as a new bridge over the River Kent.”

The Kendal development is said to be part of a £130m overhaul of the area, which is hoped to begin in September, on the back of a public consultation due to take place next week.

Plus Three is now working on proposals for a new four-star hotel in Newcastle’s city centre and will be submitting a planning application within the next 8 weeks.

Construction for the new BT site in South Shields will begin in May, and is due for completion in June 2011.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .