Planning

P-0406 Hope Street Transformation Project

  • Northern Ireland Housing Executive

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-018379

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-050b47

Published 1 May 2025, 12:22pm



Scope

Reference

P-406

Description

The Housing Executive is seeking to appoint a developer to deliver its vision for a residential-led, regeneration scheme on this two-acre site at Hope Street, Belfast.

Hope Street is a strategically important city centre development site in an area that is benefitting from significant long term investment with the completion of the new Belfast Grand Central Station, and the commencement of the Weavers Cross mixed-use regeneration scheme on surrounding land (About Weavers Cross).

The development opportunity at Hope Street is fundamentally aligned with 'The Belfast Agenda', Belfast City Council's first Community Plan (Belfast Agenda) to promote inner city living with a renewed focus on delivering city centre accommodation and supporting a vibrant, liveable city centre. The area surrounding Hope Street currently comprises a mix of commercial, residential and leisure uses, and it is in close proximity to the city's two main hospitals and universities.

As the Strategic Housing Authority for Northern Ireland, the Housing Executive aims to provide a variety of housing choices at Hope Street that addresses the multi-tenure housing need in the area, including social homes and a mix of intermediate and private homes for sale or rent.

The transformation of Hope Street has the potential to enhance the connectivity between the local residential community of Sandy Row and the city centre economy by creating strong links through the site to surrounding areas that are animated by vibrant, safe, green open spaces and light commercial activity.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 30 June 2026 to 31 July 2035
  • 9 years, 1 month, 1 day

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 70110000 - Development services of real estate
  • 70111000 - Development of residential real estate
  • 70112000 - Development of non-residential real estate
  • 70120000 - Buying and selling of real estate
  • 70121000 - Building sale or purchase services
  • 70122000 - Land sale or purchase services

Contract locations

  • UKN0 - Northern Ireland

Engagement

Engagement deadline

6 June 2025

Engagement process description

The Northern Ireland Housing Executive are intending to host a market engagement event for the upcoming Hope Street Transformation Project.

The event will be hosted on Teams at 10:00-10:30 on Wednesday 11th June 2025.

If you are interested in attending, please send an email to:-

cprocurement@nihe.gov.uk

before close of business on Friday 06th June so an invite can be issued.


Contracting authority

Northern Ireland Housing Executive

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PTYV-8666-PQQY

2 Adelaide Street

BELFAST

BT2 8BP

United Kingdom

Region: UKN06 - Belfast

Organisation type: Public authority - central government

Devolved regulations that apply: Northern Ireland