Vaux Site


The Vaux Site is an area of brownfield land in the centre of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear currently undergoing development. The area of the former Vaux Breweries until its closure in 1999, the council are recreating the site in a multi-million pound joint venture with Carillion. The development will create up to 19 new buildings for leisure, retail, living and office purposes. Phase one of construction started in 2016 with work on a series of offices valued at £25 million

History

Vaux Breweries closed in 1999, leaving the site vacant. Whilst Sunderland City Council aspired to redevelop the site, in 2001 the land was acquired by Tesco who sought to create a hypermarket on it. The situation generated a legal row which lasted until 2011, with Sunderland Council obtaining ownership over the site. In 2014, the council created a joint venture in partnership with Carillion to redevelop the land. This coincided with the creation of Keel Square, designed to supplement the site.