Iceland to join new mixed-use scheme on former North Yorkshire prison site
Frozen food retailer Iceland has signed up to the Treadmills regeneration scheme in Northallerton, North Yorkshire.
At the redeveloped Northallerton Prison site, Iceland will occupy a unit with 6,000 sq ft on the ground floor and a further 2,300 sq ft mezzanine level.
Iceland is the second major retailer to commit to Treadmills, after Lidl, which will occupy a 21,000 sq ft store as the retail anchor for the scheme.
A further general retail unit of 1,300 sq ft is still available to complete the southern part of the development, which will also feature parking for around 130 vehicles.
The £17m scheme is being delivered by the Central Northallerton Development Company (CNDC), a joint venture between Hambleton District Council and property developer Wykeland Group.
Among the key features of the scheme will be a four-screen cinema, operated by cinema group Everyman.
The development also comprises residential, leisure and offices, including space for digital technology companies, specialists and freelancers, to be operated by the Hull-based Centre for Digital Innovation (C4DI), as well as a showpiece civic square.
The scheme incorporates five Grade-II listed former prison buildings which are set to be fully restored and renovated.
Construction of the first phase of Treadmills will begin this summer. The development will create 180 jobs during the construction phase and 250 jobs within the scheme itself when Treadmills opens.
Jonathan Stubbs, development director of Wykeland and a CNDC Board member, said: “We’re delighted to have secured Iceland as the latest leading brand to join Treadmills. This is another major boost for the development and paves the way for construction work to begin.
“We’re also fielding strong interest in other opportunities, including four restaurant units around the civic square that will form the centrepiece of the scheme. We will go out to tender in the next few weeks to identify a contractor to deliver the first phase of the development, with work due to begin on site this summer.”
Adam Mobley of WSB property consultants in Leeds is representing CNDC for Treadmills.
