Major South Yorkshire scheme moves ahead

THE first phase of the framework of the £70m Gateway Plaza scheme in Barnsley has been completed.

The scheme’s car park levels are now in place, work on the residential framework has recently begun and the offices framework is rising with a floor completed every month.

Browns Construction Group is working to a tight schedule and work will start this month on the three month internal fit out of the car park.

The six floors of office accommodation, each spanning 15,000 sq ft, are on schedule for their September completion date. Work on the residential framework also started this week and will be completed by February next year.

Nick Elliot, director at Landmark Development Projects, joint developer on Gateway Plaza with Quest Property, said: “With the substantial progress made on site since the framework began this March, people can now really get a feel for the scale and layout of the scheme.

“With the site being on a steep gradient, the initial stages of work on the land have been complex to allow the foundations for the several tiers to be built.

“It is for this reason that despite the huge amount of work undertaken in the first few months, the site did not visually change a great deal. However, from this point onwards, the scheme is transforming daily and we are delighted with how well work is progressing.”

Andrew Corbett, of Smiths Chartered Surveyors, joint offices agent with Jones Lang LaSalle and Lambert Smith Hampton, said: “There’s definitely an air of excitement about Gateway Plaza now that people can see how the scheme will look.

“It is always difficult for people to visualise a new development, particularly something like this which is the first of its kind in the town. Since the cranes arrived on the site changing the Barnsley skyline, there has been great anticipation among the people both within the town and further afield.”

Upon its completion in 2009, Gateway Plaza will offer 96,000 sq ft of open plan prime office accommodation in addition to 188 one, two and three bedroom apartments, the recently secured 110 bed Premier Inn and restaurant, 21,000sq ft of retail and leisure space and a 548 space car park all built around a large central plaza.

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