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Work starts on Barnsley Tesco

Work has started on site at Tesco’s new £7.5 million supermarket in Hoyland, Barnsley following the appointment of Sheffield-based contractor, JF Finnegan, to build the eco-store.

JF Finnegan is constructing the new circa 28,000 sq ft food store at the redundant site of the former Hoyland Market Street Primary School after being appointed by Litton Properties and Tesco who have partnered up to deliver the new retail offering.

The Tesco eco-store is expected to create some 140 local jobs and the JF Finnegan team has now started preparatory site work with handover scheduled for Summer 2014.

Mark Twelves, managing director at Litton Properties, said: “We are delighted to have started work on site bringing this much-needed new food store to Hoyland. Independent research has shown that at present, 90% of people travel outside of Hoyland to do their weekly shopping and this new Tesco will enable more people to shop locally which is integral to the long-term sustainability of the area.

“We selected JF Finnegan as contractor due to their extensive expertise in the food retail sector and superb reputation for quality of build.”

Dawa Singh, head of Pre-Construction, Design and Build Manager at JF Finnegan, continued: “This exciting appointment continues our work in the UK retail sector and we are thrilled to have won the instruction to transform this derelict site into an important local amenity.

“We are now on site preparing the land prior to build work commencing and look forward to delivering an eco-store for the UK’s leading supermarket retailer in partnership with Litton Properties.”

Litton Properties purchased the site from Barnsley Council and, following an extensive community engagement process, successfully won planning permission to bring the vacant site back to life with the new eco-store.

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