College as of 2024 and was also used by John Snow College in 2019–20. In the longer term, it is planned to become Durham's 18th college.
The Waterside Building, home of the business school's Department of Management and Marketing from 2024, is on the east bank of the River Wear north (downstream) of the city centre, in the Durham Innovation District. Plans were approved in 2025 for a new university data centre at Aykley Heads, also within the innovation district, to house a new supercomputer. Boldon House in Pity Me will house some professional services from 2025.
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The university published a strategy document in 2017 setting out (among other things) a roadmap for development of the estate over the period to 2027, including the development of a new home for the business school at Elvet Waterside (Old Elvet), planned to open in 2021, the redevelopment of the arts and humanities facilities at Elvet Riverside (New Elvet), planned to open from 2022, the construction of four to six new colleges, and the continued development of the Mountjoy site. The university's Estate Masterplan for 2017–2027 identified the area around Howlands Farm (Josephine Butler and Stephenson colleges), the Leazes Road site (Hild Bede College), and the Business School site on Mill Hill as possible locations for new accommodation development (i.e., new colleges). A 'strategy refresh' was approved in 2023, which included establishing a new cultural quarter on the old swimming baths site in Elvet and developing interdisciplinary science research and laboratory facilities at Upper Mountjoy.
In February 2025, the university requested an Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion from the county council regarding plans for work on the Hild-Bede site that would involve the demolition of multiple buildings, including the non-designated heritage asset Haworth House, and construction of the new 19th college and a hub building, with an estimated 375 bed spaces in the retained buildings and 600 in the new buildings. The …
