Shadow business minister visits £42 million Fox Valley development in north Sheffield

Shadow business minister visits £42 million Fox Valley development in north Sheffield

16 April 2015

 
The Shadow business minister, Chuka Umunna, visited the Fox Valley site in Stocksbridge, north Sheffield today – to see the progress on the £42 million retail and office development currently under construction in the town.

Mr Umunna praised the partnership approach which has helped to bring forward the major investment in the town resulting in a project which is transforming a 28 acre former steelworks site in north Sheffield.

He was also invited to lay a specially engraved stone on one of the main retail blocks at the development site along with apprentices Jordan Hall and Melisa Caley.

The development has been brought forward by the award winning Barnsley based retail property development firm Dransfield Properties Ltd and the main contractor on the project is Henry Boot Construction, also based in South Yorkshire.

Scheduled for completion early in 2016 Fox Valley is regenerating a former steelworks site neighbouring Tata Speciality Steels in Stocksbridge, the development team has worked closely with the company on the project and the relocation of the Tata Steel warehouse comprised the first phase of the project which was completed in November 2014.

The development will deliver around 32 new retail, café and restaurant units ranging from 635 to 16,000 sq. ft. as well as high spec office space from 600 - 10,000 sq. ft.

A new town centre car park and landscaping are also part of the scheme and 114 new family homes are being built on a neighbouring site.

Managing Director of Dransfield Properties, Mark Dransfield, said: “We were delighted to welcome the shadow business minister to site and show him the extent of the development here in north Sheffield.

"We have had a great deal of support from our local representatives in bringing forward the Fox Valley development and we look forward to the scheme being completed and opening this time next year.”

Dransfield Properties has received an investment of £8,111,040 from the Yorkshire and Humber ERDF Programme 2007- 2013, which is managed by the Department for Communities and Local Government to bring forward the Fox Valley project.

For more information about Fox Valley visit the development website at www.foxvalleysheffield.co.uk and to find out more about Dransfield Properties visit www.dransfield.co.uk
 
 

For further information, contact:

Public Relations Department, Dransfield Properties Ltd
Tel: 01226 360644
Email: pr@dransfield.co.uk