Tesco West Bromwich | 144,236 sq ft | U/C

[SimonTheSoundMan]

I really do not know why we haven't got a thread for this development.

Tesco are building a new store in West Bromwich, which will be one of the largest in the country at 144,236 sq ft. On top of that, it also includes major redevelopment of West Bromwich town centre, pushing it to 570,487sq ft of redevelopment.

http://planapps.sandwell.gov.uk/WAM/...er=DC/09/50896

[ReissOmari]

Correction: It WILL be the largest in the Country

[sefton66]

This is really moving along now, plenty of groundswork ongoing, thought id add some more info to the thread from the retail brochures

473,000 sq ft
Located in the heart of West Bromwich, New Square is a new shopping and leisure destination and forms part of one of the largest regeneration programmes in the UK at the moment.

Anchored by a 144,000 sq ft Tesco Extra store, New Square has already attracted retailers including Next, JD Sports, Bank, Outfit and Primark.

The Cinema will be run by Odeon

The retail units range in size from 600 sq ft to 11,000 sq ft, with opportunities for local and multiple retailers. Restaurant units range from 1,830 sq ft to 3,800 sq ft.

[sefton66]

some progress images from sandwell council site, doesn't look as busy in the pictures as what it actually is









More from earlier in the development at
http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/galleries...opment_gallery

[Nacho]

Thanks for the links .The site is huge ! I really hope this gives West Bromwich the push it needs .I was there at Christmas and walking from the shopping centre towards the Birmingham Road was really depressing ; it seemed like all the shops were empty .I'm looking forward to seeing how this transforms the other part of the town.

[sefton66]

Thought this would be the best place to post this, latest photo from Today of the All Saints Way underpass, with completion Autumn this year, does anyone know when we can expect the bridge to go in?

[morestoreysplease]

West Brom's getting a lot of investment lately. We need these type of intersections on Brum's Ring road.

[ReissOmari]

Some photo's from earlier, the outline of the new ringway is now visible, and a lot of grandworks going on for the shopping centre also.











And the underpass A41

[sefton66]

thanks for the update Reiss, Guess you missed it but there was a car on its roof heading towards the M5 from this on the corner at about 10am, caused massive tailbacks all directions

[ReissOmari]

Originally Posted by sefton66

thanks for the update Reiss, Guess you missed it but there was a car on its roof heading towards the M5 from this on the corner at about 10am, caused massive tailbacks all directions

No Problem I was round here around 11, no traffic although i didn't notice the road works from the M6 carry on down the M5 also

[sefton66]

Yeah its seperate works lol

M6 is prep work for hard shoulder running
M5 up to Junction 1 for West Brom is Drainage works
M5 Frankley Services to M42 link is Central Reservation replacement,

Its a bastard at times as tonights proved with one lane between J10 - J10A on the M6 due to broken down lorry lol

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/t...7319-30419119/

[ReissOmari]

Oh I see, we do need these managed motorways though, and when this one is complete, the whole length of the M6 from both ends of the M6 Toll will be managed, which means really the Toll hasn't made ANY difference lol

[sefton66]

there doing from J10A up to J15 next then onwards to Manchester its being fast tracked by the Government now

[ReissOmari]

Big job then, but I suppose its needed.

[sefton66]

We have some minor changes....

A huge multi storey car park and changes to Primark unit and surrounding units,

This looks really good!

Application Reference: DC/12/54207
Planning Portal Reference Number: PP-01764805
Address of Proposal: Tesco Development Site, West Bromwich Ringway, West Bromwich
Proposal: Reserved matters application relating to layout, scale, appearance and landscaping of phase 2 for retail shops (A1), servicing, car parking, public realm, landscaping, hotel (C1), and other related works pursuant to application - DC/11/54021 (minor material amendment to hybrid planning application - DC/09/50896).

Pics taken from app

Internal
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Tesco West Brom Development by sefton 66, on Flickr

Externals Primark
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Tesco West Brom Development 4 by sefton 66, on Flickr

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Tesco West Brom Development 2 by sefton 66, on Flickr

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Tesco West Brom Development 1 by sefton 66, on Flickr

MSCP - in my opinion this looks great especially for a car park, looks like a stadium
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Tesco West Brom Development 3 by sefton 66, on Flickr

[ReissOmari]

Nice one Sefton, I really like the external blue on Primark

[Typhoon2000]

Is this really a Tesco development or is it a combination of a whole load of organisations putting time and money into this????? It actually all looks pretty good.

[Nacho]

Thanks for posting the images Sefton . This looks a little better than I anticipated .When you look at image three ,the Primark building looks quite groovey .However, it's only when you look at one and two you see that it is a simple wrap and doesn't even cover the brick at the top .I like the creation of the 'streets' which I wasn't expecting although I wish they had gone for at least another floor with residential to keep some movement of people after closing .This is something that our European counterparts do so well .Maybe it's simply that Tesco and the council weren't interested .The car park does look quite good and I have to say that I feared a very large surface car park like behind the present shopping precinct.Overall, it is a lot better than I thought and I look forward to seeing this come together and seeing how it links with other parts of the immediate area.

[sefton66]

Tesco are paying for this, a new £7m police station, the A41 underpass and bridge as well as improvement works to town centre....

Makes you think what they could potentially do with Bristol St if they had a chance of a store....

[blahblah]

Yep.

One of the things I really detest about this country is that a certain segment of people love to bash and vilify successful private companies like Tesco. What they're doing for West Brom here is fantastic, and they should be applauded for it.

More like this please!