Work starts on multimillion-pound cinema and leisure complex
Work has started on a six screen cinema and five restaurant development in Doncaster town centre.
Located in the Civic and Cultural Quarter, the leisure development sits next to the Cast performance venue and frames Sir Nigel Gresley Square.
It is one of a string of schemes aimed at regenerating the town centre and delivering the plans laid out in the Doncaster Urban Centre Masterplan.
The £8.5m development will open in spring 2020 and will create more than 100 jobs.
Ros Jones, Mayor of Doncaster, said: “This is a key milestone for another major development we are bringing to fruition in Doncaster’s town centre. We are committed to transforming the town to provide exceptional attractions, top quality facilities and a great experience for our residents. We are on a journey and schemes like this new cinema complex are helping to revolutionise our image and show people, businesses and investors from outside of our borough just what Doncaster has to offer.”
Dan Jarvis, Mayor of the Sheffield City Region, said: “This scheme is the final piece in the jigsaw of Doncaster’s transformative Civic and Cultural Quarter, and it’s great to see funding from the Sheffield City Region making it happen.
“Local Growth Funding (LGF), distributed through the Sheffield City Region, enables local decision-makers to drive economic growth by pumping resources into those projects we know will most benefit our communities.
“That’s why I’m pushing Government to ensure that, once LGF funding comes to an end in 2021, the funds that replace it are distributed to those regions – such as here in the Sheffield City Region – that need it the most.”
James Collington, managing director of Savoy Cinemas, said: “Savoy Cinemas is delighted that construction has now started its next multiplex cinema and is looking forwards to bringing a high quality facility to the town in Spring 2020.”
The Doncaster Council led project has benefited from £635,000 from the Sheffield City Region Local Growth Funding (LGF).
Lindum Construction is the main contractor.
