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Expo Sunderland: Delivering the Future City 2025

We proudly sponsored Expo Sunderland 2025, joining leaders to explore inclusive urban futures, regeneration, and placemaking for all.

Organised in collaboration with the British Council for Offices (BCO) and University of Sunderland, Expo Sunderland’s ‘Delivering the Future City 2025’ event saw business leaders, city stakeholders and government representatives share expertise and thought leadership through keynote speeches, panel discussions and roundtables in City Hall.

It was a pleasure to sponsor and engage with the annual conference, reporting on Sunderland's ongoing, accelerating regeneration journey, while exploring broader ideas towards the future of urban living, working, and placemaking following the ethos: ‘Building a city that works for everyone’.

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Expo sunderland 2025 round table discussion 3x2

Split across two engaging days, day one was steered by a focus on growth, regeneration and placemaking, while day two shifted everybody’s attention towards activation, repopulation and opportunity when it comes to re-energising city centres and creating opportunities for residents and businesses.

Partner Niall Durney took part in day one’s Planning and Design Panel Discussion, alongside Andrew Taylor - Vistry, Riette Oosthuizen - HTA Design and Dominic Waugh – Pegasus Group. This conversation, moderated by Mark Easton, explored the strategic direction for how cities can grow and thrive for years to come, contributing to the day’s running themes structured around quality and sustainable housing, community placemaking, infrastructure and resilience, and both ambitious and inclusive growth.
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We were also delighted to have our project teams navigate several of the Riverside Sunderland venue tours across both days, which included City Hall itself and just across Keel Square, an exclusive, pre-completion preview of Culture House, which reached maximum capacity on both days.

Peter hunt leading tour of sunderland city hall during construction at expo sunderland 2025 3x2
Peter Hunt leading a tour of City Hall
Ben harrison leading tour of sunderland culture house during construction at expo sunderland 2025 3x2
Ben Harrison leading a tour of Culture House

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