The eye-catching, illuminated car park, which will be located on Farringdon Row, will be the latest addition to Riverside Sunderland.

It follows the approval of plans for two new offices providing 200,000 sq ft of commercial space by institutional investor Legal & General.

The car park will include an initial 15% electric vehicles spaces and is expected to operate outside of normal working hours, to support the evening economy in the city centre.

McAlpine’s project will take around 16 months to build and inolves associated external works including remodelling works to a section of Galleys Gill Park.