Work restarts on multimillion-pound Bellway HQ

Work has restarted on the new multimillion-pound headquarters building for housebuilder Bellway on the outskirts of Newcastle.Construction work, being undertaken by Bowmer and Kirkland, was already at an advanced stage when lockdown measures were first enforced. However, following the introduction of new social distancing guidelines, work has restarted and entered the final phase of construction for the new 21,000 sq ft head office building.The company is on track to be the first anchor tenant of AirView Park, the soon-to-be-launched business park next to Newcastle International Airport.The park, on the outskirts of Newcastle at Woolsington, has planning permission for up to four more office buildings or, alternatively, 150,000 sq ft premises.Tynexe Commercial, the property development company behind AirView Park, said it was confident that other companies will follow the national home builder onto the 175,000 sq ft site in the near future.