Work starts on £5.4 million housing group offices in Stockton

Work has started on a new headquarter building for Thirteen Group designed by Ryder Architecture and located on the £100 million Northshore enterprise zone in Stockton-on-Tees.

Thirteen Group is an amalgamation of two housing companies, Fabrick Housing and Vela Group, who together own more than 32,000 homes spanning North Tyneside to York.

Extending to 43,000sqft (GIA), the new building will be located adjacent to the iconic Infinity Bridge and accommodate up to 436 employees.

It is planned around a triple height central atrium which links the main entrance foyer to an informal cafe which breaks out onto a riverside terrace and cascades down to the river’s edge.

The £5.4 million office building has been developed by Muse Developments and will be the first to be built on the Northshore masterplan. A reserved matters planning application was approved by Stockton Borough Council with completion due January 2015.

Ronnie Graham, Ryder director, said “We are delighted to see the first office development coming out of the ground at Northshore.

“The headquarters building will provide high quality and flexible office space located within a unique riverside setting and set a precedent for future commercial development within Northshore.”

Simon Dew, senior development surveyor at Muse Developments, added: “This is a significant development at Northshore and marks the delivery of our first commercial phase. The development of this landmark headquarters follows the delivery of the award winning Vivo residential scheme.

“With construction of the second phase of residential continuing at pace and 80,000sqft of commercial buildings due on site this year, Northshore is one of the north east’s major regeneration schemes.”