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.

[1] Phase one of construction started in 2016 with work on a series of offices valued at £25 million[2] Vaux Breweries closed in 1999, leaving the site vacant.

[3] 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.

[4] The situation generated a legal row which lasted until 2011 and the Urban Regeneration Company - Sunderland arc fought the case for the City.

At the end of the year, the first office building known as "the beam" was completed and now hosts several companies including the food delivery firm Ocado.