Steelwork goes up on Fox Valley’s foodstore anchor

Steelwork goes up on Fox Valley’s foodstore anchor

3 November 2015

The team behind north Sheffield’s new £50 million Fox Valley scheme have celebrated a major milestone for the town centre project.

A special topping out ceremony took place on Tuesday (November 3rd) to mark the completion of the steel frame on the new ALDI store which will anchor the town centre development when it opens in spring 2016.

ALDI has recently been named Which? Best Supermarket of the Year for 2015. This is the 4th time ALDI have won this award, more times than any other food retailer. The company is bringing a new 20,000 sq. ft. format store to Fox Valley, making it one of the largest ALDI stores in the region.

The development team was joined by ALDI representatives and local councillors and stakeholders to mark the milestone in the £50 million project which is the biggest private investment in north Sheffield in recent history.

Glen Stidever, Property Director at ALDI, said: “We are delighted to be investing in Fox Valley in north Sheffield and it is great to see the steel frame of our store now taking shape on site.

“We have worked closely with Dransfield Properties to deliver a store that will anchor the Fox Valley scheme. We will be creating around 30 new jobs and will begin our recruitment for the new store later in the year and be advertising those positions over the next couple of months.”

Fox Valley is a brand new town centre development by South Yorkshire based Dransfield Properties Ltd, the development is being built by Henry Boot Construction and is on schedule for a spring 2016 opening, creating up to 900 new jobs in the town.

Mark Dransfield, Managing Director of Dransfield Properties Ltd, said: “We are delighted that ALDI are bringing their new format store to Fox Valley.

“We have worked with ALDI since Dransfield Properties was first founded and the new store will be our 24th ALDI.

It is fantastic to see how the company has evolved and grown in the UK in recent years and they’re going to be a great foodstore anchor here at Fox Valley.”

The development is delivering a new 136,000 sq. ft. town centre in north Sheffield with a 600 space car park as well as brand new, high-spec office space. A new housing development with 114 executive homes is also being developed on a neighbouring site.

Dransfield Properties has received an investment of £8,111,040 from the Yorkshire and Humber ERDF Programme 2007- 2013, which is managed by the Department for Communities and Local Government to bring forward the Fox Valley project.

For more information about Fox Valley visit the development website at www.foxvalleysheffield.co.uk and to find out more about Dransfield Properties visit www.dransfield.co.uk

Pictures show: Topping out at the new ALDI store at Fox Valley. 
 
 

For further information, contact:

Public Relations Department, Dransfield Properties Ltd
Tel: 01226 360644
Email: pr@dransfield.co.uk