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Jomast plans for new Aldi Washington unveiled

Plans to build a new Aldi food store that could create up to 30 permanent jobs as well as further construction and spin-off employment, are being proposed on the site of Armstrong House in Washington.

Proposals put forward by property development and regeneration company, Jomast, would see a multi-million pound investment into the local community to redevelop the former 1970’s office building at Armstrong Industrial Estate and significantly enhance the choice of food retailing to local residents and businesses located on the north side of Washington.

The multimillion pound proposals include demolition of the existing office building in order to create a new, modern and dedicated 18,277 sq ft (gross) food store with customer parking area, landscaping, servicing and access areas. The redevelopment will complement Aldi’s existing store at The Galleries Retail Park and bring the vacant site back into productive use.

Jomast Development Director, Graham Wilson, added, “Armstrong House has been vacant for some time and considerable research carried out clearly demonstrated that there was no interest in either reoccupation of the building or further redevelopment for office use.

“Therefore, the proposals that we have put forward will bring an important site back into use, provide a much enhanced retail provision to local residents and create many new employment opportunities for the local community. We hope that residents will get behind the scheme and put forward any comments or suggestions at the consultation event.”

Subject to the outcome of the planned community consultation, Jomast anticipates that a planning application for Armstrong House will be submitted in October 2014.

ENDS Sept 2014

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Jomast .