Morrisons has signed a leasehold deal which will see the company anchoring a £40 million regeneration scheme in Openshaw, east Manchester, in an 80,000 sq ft store to open in the summer of 2009.
Taken on a 35 year lease, the store will be the first large supermarket to serve Openshaw and the Ashton Old Road area.
Urban regeneration specialists Dransfield Properties Ltd are working in partnership with Manchester City Council and urban regeneration company New East Manchester on the new district centre, which is set to transform a large mixed industrial, commercial and residential area into a new shopping, leisure and commercial centre that will create over 700 new jobs.
Consent was secured earlier this year for the scheme which will deliver the supermarket for Morrisons, ten retail units from 1,765 sq ft to 22,500 sq ft, a 22,500 sq ft leisure unit, 57, 000 sq ft of office accommodation, café and restaurant facilities and 670 car parking spaces.
Openshaw is located in one of the country’s largest regeneration areas, and is now seeing the delivery of a large number of high quality housing and city living apartment developments. This investment has been led by New East Manchester, which is well on its way to achieving a key objective of doubling the population of the area over the next 10 to 15 years. Building a new vibrant and district centre to cater for this rapidly growing population is a significant part of New East Manchester’s strategy, and one which will further increase Openshaw’s desirability as a place to live in.
For more information click on www.neweastmanchester.com.
16 November 2007 at 8:56 am
thats all very well, but the service entrance to the supermarket WILL STILL face houses – when there are 3 other sides to the development that does not have houses. Just where is the consideration for local people.