Sainsbury’s has thrown open its doors of its 600th UK supermarket at the Crescent Hinckley, marking the first phase of the new £60 million development.
The new 107,000 sq ft store is the first of several national names to open at the scheme, which will also include a Cineworld, TK Maxx, Costa Coffee, Prezzo, Simply Gym, Poundland and other local operators.
The Crescent Hinckley has been developed by the Tin Hat Partnership and is one of only five new town centre shopping developments to open in the UK in 2015.
Tony Baker, of the Tin Hat Partnership, said: “We are delighted to see Sainsbury’s up and running. It was a great show of faith in the scheme and in Hinckley to have them as our anchor tenant.
“We’ve also attracted some other major retail and restaurant names to the Crescent Hinckley and we are in positive talks with several other interested parties. It’s going to be a great scheme.”
Mike Hall, Leader of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council said: “I am pleased to see Sainsbury’s open for business in the town well in time for the busy Christmas period.
“I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the Crescent’s new retail and restaurant outlets and the soon to be opened Cineworld attracting lots of new visitors to the town to see everything that Hinckley has to offer.”
John Davies, Sainsbury’s Hinckley store manager, said: “We think we’ve got great products to offer – from a wide range of food and drinks, to clothing, as well as our café. We’ve got 220 colleagues, 200 of which are from the local area. We’ve had a very warm welcome from the people of Hinckley and we’re looking forward to becoming part of the community here.”
Bowmer & Kirkland is the main contractor on the scheme. Strutt & Parker are the agents.
