Eye sore Bradford & Bingley building could finally be demolished

In Bingley there stands an eye sore of a building in the form of the old Bradford & Bingley headquarters. The site is owned by supermarket company Sainsbury's, and it looks as though it may finally come down during July.

Sainsbury's has submitted an application to Bradford Council to demolish the Main Street building with a start date of July 14th. Now it's up to the council to greenlight the plan, and we doubt any one is going to object. Local MP Philip Davies has also been pushing hard to get the building demolished.

Source: Telegraph & Argus

Construction ceases on 97,000 sq ft Tesco supermarket in Wolverhampton

The project to build a new Tesco on the site of the old Royal Hospital in All Saints, Wolverhampton, has been put on hold just two months after it began. Some 40 contractors were forced to stop work and leave the site.

The important thing is, the restoration work on the listed former hospital will continue, but work was ceased on the 97,000 sq ft supermarket while Tesco carries our a review.

The worry now is that Tesco doesn't decide to continue, which would mean the planned completion in 2015 and the 500 jobs it was going to create in the area would disappear. Hopefully the review will just see Tesco modify the dates and carry on construction.

Source: Express & Star

£350,000 a year derelict supermarket to be demolished

What do you do with a derelict supermarket that is costing £350,000 a year to maintain? Get rid of it as quickly as possible I'd say.

The derelict Sainsbury's site in Newcastle-Under-Lyme is costing Staffordshire County Council and Newcastle Borough Council exactly that every 12 months, so they have decided to demolish the building.

If you're wondering how a derelict building can cost hundreds of thousands to maintain, then look to insurance, business rates, and electricity bills for your answer. With the building demolished, though, such costs will disappear and the site will be marketed for redevelopment. It's worth noting that the old supermarket car park on the site was generating around £175,000 in parking charges, so if nothing else a giant car park could be opened on the site while redevelopment plans are finalized.

Source: BBC News