👀 This is what Rushmere plan on doing with the former Sainsburys store..
Plus; 'Stark similarities between Jonathan Creswell and Jimmy Savile'
Good morning and welcome to our latest newsletter. This morning, we’ve got you a newsletter exclusive or two, as we intend to do going forward with each edition of the newsletter.
This morning’s big story involves plans – at a cost of £1.8m – to transform the vacant Sainsburys store at Rushmere – creating over 70 jobs in the process!
Proposals have been drawn up for the vacant unit – which closed over two years ago – and lodged with Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council.
Speculation has been rife as to the future intended use of one of the shopping centre's biggest outlets.
And now formal plans have come forward which should see it brought back into productive use.
The proposals are for the "redevelopment, reconfiguration and subdivision" of the former Sainsburys supermarket unit.
According to a supporting statement, the eight units which would emerge would be earmarked "for a range of main town centre uses".
No intended tenants have been detailed at this stage.
A new state-of-the-art gym – with floorspace of close to 115,000 sq ft – and an office suite, just slightly bigger, are the largest elements of the plans.
But it is also intended to create three new retail units – one just over 10,000 sq ft and the others between 4,000sq ft and 5,000 sq ft.
Three new café/restaurants are also included in the overall scheme, the largest of these being just in excess of 2,600 sq ft and the smallest just shy of 2,000 sq ft. Read more on this story here.
Plus…
❗Stark similarities between Jonathan Creswell and Jimmy Savile
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🤔 Conundrum
Well done to those of you who guessed Friday’s conundrum… One is easy to beat and the other’s hard to beat.
The answer: Dromintee…well done to those of you who somehow guessed that one.
Today’s conundrum is this…
This place is spotless…
Where in Co Armagh are we talking about?