Green light for £60m IKEA superstore

CONTRACTOR Clugston Construction has secured a contract to deliver a flagship store for home furnishing retailer IKEA in Sheffield which would create 700 jobs.

The £60m scheme will see construction and fit-out of a 31,500 sqm two-storey superstore, which will provide a sales floor, warehouse, staff facilities, a cafe and children’s play areas as well as underground and external car parking areas.

Construction is due to begin imminently and follows the enabling works began earlier this year to remediate the site.  

The store is due to open in summer 2017.

Steve Radcliffe, Clugston Construction’s managing director, said: “We are delighted to have been selected to build IKEA’s new superstore in Sheffield. This I believe will be the largest retail scheme we have delivered in Yorkshire and will generate significant opportunities in the Sheffield area for our supply chain.”

The new store will create around 350 jobs in the area and 300 jobs during its construction phase.

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