Second agent appointed to landmark scheme

Developer Jomast has appointed FHP Property Consultants as joint agent of Elder Way – a leisure and retail site in Chesterfield town centre.

FHP will work alongside WSB Property to market the 22,000 sq ft scheme.

Jomast has redeveloped the former Co-op department store into a mixed-use project comprising seven street-level units and a 16,285 sq ft. basement The site is being marketed to food and drink, and gym operators as well as retailers.

A Premier Inn hotel already occupies the upper two floors of the building where it has been successfully operating since 2019.

Alan Pearson, director and head of the retail and leisure team at FHP, said: “We are pleased to partner with WSB Property to introduce Elder Way to a wider audience across the East Midlands the units are suitable for a variety of uses following the change of the use class order which opens this up to office and clinical use, alongside the traditional retail and leisure use.”

Mark Hill, commercial property director of Jomast, added: “We’re committed to creating developments and regenerating properties that have a transformative effect on towns and cities and Elder Way embodies this. It is a pivotal site both in the town centre and the Northern Gateway scheme in Chesterfield.”