Portsmouth seeks developers for City Centre North development

Portsmouth City Council is aiming to transform the northern part of the city centre and is seeking a lead developer and specialist developers to deliver on its vision for a mixed-use place.

 

The City Centre North redevelopment includes the former Tricorn and Sainsbury’s sites, which the Council bought to unlock the opportunity for long-term regeneration of wider area.

 

The project seeks to address growing city centre housing demand with a mix of tenures including multi-family build to rent or co-living, single family build to rent, extra care and key worker housing, as well as hotels, offices and student accommodation. 

 

The council also wants to create walking and cycling routes, and a large green space from St Agatha’s Church to All Saints’ Church. 

 

The project will include 2,300 housing units, up to 10,000 sqm of non-residential uses and 22,400 sqm of new green open spaces and public realm.

 

Outline planning permission was approved in autumn 2023, and has been kept flexible. The council owns 64% of the land within the site boundary. 

Interested developers are required to complete the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), Conflict of Interest (COI) and Expression of Interest (EOI) forms accessible via the council’s e-sourcing system In-tend in order to book a 1-1 slot and receive further detailed documentation.

 

The Council will invite qualified developers to take part in exploratory 1-1 on-line Teams meetings which will take place between 1-19 September 2025. The Council has 15 slots available for 90-minute meetings that it will allocate to 10-11 suitably experienced multi-use developers and 4-5 to suitably experienced specialist developers.

 

The above documents must be submitted via In-tend by no later than Thursday 28th August 17:00. However, as access to 1-1 slots is limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis, interested developers are encouraged to submit applications asap in advance of the deadline to help ensure that their 1-1 time slot preferences can be accommodated.