Downing Plaza, next to Newcastle United FC’s St James’s Park ground, is a mixed use scheme on the site of the former Scottish and Newcastle breweries.
The city council has granted planning consent for the biggest development in the city since 1973.
It will create six new iconic buildings offering luxury residential and office space, a 200-bed 4 star-plus hotel, a 462-bed student village, retail space and public areas.
This page, unlike most others on this site, has oldest photos first as it's unlikely to be updated once all the blocks are built.
24th December 2009
Newcastle University Business School.
The Newcastle University Business School is on the corner of Pitt Street and Barrack Road. Note the old Pitt Street flats to the rear.
18th March 2010
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
Formerly the office block for Scottish and Newcastle Breweries.
Newcastle University Business School.
20th April 2010
Newcastle University Business School.
12th May 2010
Newcastle University Business School.
28th May 2010
Newcastle University Business School.
7th June 2010
Newcastle University Business School.
11th June 2010
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
Newcastle University Business School.
Pitt Street Flats.
21st June 2010
Newcastle University Business School.
Strawberry Place.
Outside the Gallowgate end of St James Park looking west towards the site of what will be student accommodation named The View
25th June 2010
Newcastle University Business School.
7th July 2010
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
Newcastle University Business School.
16th July 2010
Newcastle University Business School.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
23rd July 2010
Newcastle University Business School.
3rd August 2010
Newcastle University Business School.
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza, Newcastle University Business School and the Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel and Newcastle University Business School.
11th August 2010
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel and Newcastle University Business School.
Newcastle University Business School.
25th August 2010
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel and Newcastle University Business School.
Newcastle University Business School.
3rd September 2010
Newcastle University Business School.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza, Newcastle University Business School and the Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza.
28th September 2010
Newcastle University Business School.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel and Newcastle University Business School.
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza.
13th October 2010
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel and Newcastle University Business School.
Newcastle University Business School.
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza and Newcastle University Business School.
4th November 2010
Newcastle University Business School.
16th November 2010
Robson Way.
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza and Newcastle University Business School.
13th December 2010
Newcastle University Business School.
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza and Newcastle University Business School.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel and Newcastle University Business School.
Pitt Street Flats.
11th January 2011
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza.
9th February 2011
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza.
Taken from the now levelled Scottish and Newcastle Breweries site. The Pitt Street flats to the left are on borrowed time now.
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza and Newcastle University Business School.
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza, Newcastle University Business School and the Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
Pitt Street Flats.
13th March 2011
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza, Newcastle University Business School and the Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza and Newcastle University Business School.
Newcastle University Business School.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel and Newcastle University Business School.
7th April 2011
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza and Newcastle University Business School.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel and Newcastle University Business School.
15th May 2011
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza, Newcastle University Business School and the Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel and Newcastle University Business School.
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza and Newcastle University Business School.
Newcastle University Business School.
7th July 2011
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel and Newcastle University Business School.
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza and Newcastle University Business School.
11th July 2011
Newcastle University Business School and Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza.
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza, Newcastle University Business School and the Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
11th August 2011
Wellington Street Plaza.
Unite Student Wellington Street Plaza, Newcastle University Business School.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
Newcastle University Business School.
16th September 2011
Wellington Street Plaza.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel and Newcastle University Business School.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
11th October 2011
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
Wellington Street Plaza.
1st December 2011
Wellington Street Plaza.
The View.
looking east from Wellington Street Plaza towards the site of what will be student accommodation named The View.
Pitt Street Flats.
St. James Boulevard, Norland Cables.
12th January 2012
Wellington Street Plaza.
Wellington Street Plaza and Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
5th February 2012
Wellington Street Plaza and Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
Wellington Street Plaza.
5th March 2012
Pitt Street Flats.
21st March 2012
Wellington Street Plaza.
9th April 2012
Wellington Street Plaza.
The View.
7th May 2012
Wellington Street Plaza.
Newcastle University Business School.
Heber Street.
12th July 2012
Wellington Street Plaza.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel and Newcastle University Business School.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
21st September 2012
Wellington Street Plaza.
18th August 2013
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The View.
6th September 2013
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The View.
1st November 2013
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The View.
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Pitt Street - St. James Point.
15th November 2013
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The View.
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Pitt Street - St. James Point.
22nd November 2013
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The View.
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St. James Point.
8th November 2013
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The View.
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Wellington Street Plaza.
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St. James Point.
6th December 2013
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The View.
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St. James Point.
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Wellington Street Plaza.
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The View.
17th January 2014
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The View.
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St. James Point.
22nd January 2014
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St. James Point.
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Wellington Street Plaza.
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Wellington Street Plaza and The View.
7th February 2014
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St. James Point.
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3rd March 2014
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St. James Point.
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Strawberry Place.
10th March 2014
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St. James Point.
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Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel, The View and Newcastle University Business School.
11th April 2014
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The View.
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St. James Point.
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30th April 2014
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Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
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The View.
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St. James Point.
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Heber Street.
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12th June 2014
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel, The View and Newcastle University Business School.
The View.
St. James Point.
16th June 2014
Heber Street.
Robson Way.
A newly created lane running from Pitt Street to Wellington Street presumably named after Sir Bobby Robson. The Newcastle University Business School is on right.
St. James Point.
Newcastle University Business School and Wellington Street Plaza.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel, The View, Newcastle University Business School and St. James Point.
Pitt Street.
The site of the now demolished Pitt Street flats.
21st July 2014
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The View.
9th October 2014
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St. James Point.
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The View.
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The View and Newcastle University Business School.
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Newcastle University Business School.
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25th November 2014
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The View.
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St. James Point.
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Pitt Street, no 14-16.
I'm not sure of the name of this block on Pitt Street just after St. James Point. I will find out and update at a later date.
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Newcastle University Business School and Wellington Street Plaza.
Taken at the junction of Wellington Street and Pitt Street
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12th March 2015
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Heber Street.
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St. James Point.
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Pitt Street, Verde Student Accommodation.
Construction of Verde begins on the south side of Pitt Street.
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Newcastle University Business School and Wellington Street Plaza.
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Pitt Street, no 14-16, Newcastle University Business School and Wellington Street Plaza.
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Pitt Street, no 14-16.
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Pitt Street.
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Robson Way.
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The View.
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Newcastle University Business School and The View.
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Wellington Street.
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Wellington Street Plaza.
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Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel, The View, Newcastle University Business School and St. James Point.
St. James Point and Pitt Street, no 14-16.
Taken From St. James Boulevard.
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27th May 2015
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel, The View, Newcastle University Business School and St. James Point.
The View, Newcastle University Business School and St. James Point.
Newcastle University Business School.
St. James Point.
Pitt Street, Verde.
Wellington Street.
30th May 2016
Pitt Street, Verde.
Pitt Street Studios.
Verde and Wellington Street Plaza.
Robson Way.
Wellington Street Plaza.
Heber Street.
The View.
Pitt Street.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel, The View, Newcastle University Business School and St. James Point.
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel, The View and Newcastle University Business School.
Newcastle University Business School and St. James Point.
St. James Point and Pitt Street, no 14-16.
27th September 2016
Pitt Street, Verde.
Pitt Street Studios.
Wellington Street Plaza.
23rd May 2017
Taken from St. James Boulevard.
The second and third photographs shows Norland Cables which will soon be demolished.
21st August 2017
Pitt Street, Verde.
Wellington Street Plaza.
Robson Way.
Pitt Street, no 14-16 and St. James Point.
Pitt Street.
St. James Point.
St. James Point and Pitt Street, no 14-16.
7th January 2018
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel, The View, Newcastle University Business School and St. James Point.
Heber Street.
Demolition of the remaining older buildings on Heber Street.
18th January 2018
Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel and The View.
The View.
Pitt Street, Verde.
17th March 2019
Heber Street.
27th October 2019
Heber Street.
The View.
Barrack Road and Pitt Street.
19th June 2022
Pitt Street, Verde.
28th July 2023
St. James Boulevard, Formerly Norland Cables.
2nd June 2024
St. James Boulevard, New Student Accommodation.
Although not part of the original plans, this block is squeezed into a space on the outer edge of the Downing Plaza where Norland Cables was.
2nd August 2024
St. James Boulevard, New Student Accommodation.
12th September 2024
St. James Boulevard, New Student Accommodation.
More information:
- Skyscraper City - Downing Plaza. Plans, sketches and all the information you could want to know at this site.
- Downing. com - Downing Plaza
6 comments:
Thanks for all the pics Steve!
It's always a pleasure to check your site every few days, to see what else is changing back home.
No problem bud. I must get along there soon to get some more snaps as I think the hotel has opened recently.
The fotos are great!! Its fantastic that you update the development of the city very often, if theres a chance i'd like to go along woth you to take photos and learn ur experience too :)
Tony
Fantastic, such a lot of effort you must have put in to get all these, thanks for the dedication you show to your subject.
Thanks. It had been a while since I'd snapped this, almost forgot!
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