Teesside Park growth was originally the Teesside Development Corporation in the late 1980s when the two current unitary authorities were part of the county of Cleveland. The park's location is often incorrectly listed as Stockton-on-Tees (for the leisure park), Teesside, Cleveland or Middlesbrough (for the retail park). It is built on the former site of Stockton Racecourse, hence many of the park's roads being named after famous racecourses such as Aintree and Goodwood. It is home to a number of retail chains and has a Morrisons supermarket. Its catchment area covers much of the Tees Valley and much of the north of
Teesside University Centre. In September 2017, the University unveiled a £300m campus masterplan set to transform its campus across the following decade. The University was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize (2014–18) for outstanding work in the field of enterprise and business engagement. In 2017, Teesside University was awarded a Silver rating in the government’s new Teaching Excellence Framework. In July 2017, it was reported that several professors at Teesside University in the UK have been told they must reapply for their positions over the summer or face redundancy. The university says the purpose of this is to bring all university professors under