Construction has commenced on the new Sainsbury’s and St George development in Hendon, which is expected to support over 500 jobs during the 10-year build programme.
The Silk Park development will see a new 43,000 sq ft Sainsbury’s flagship store with undercover parking for over 250 customers, 1,309 much needed homes, and a 1.5-acre public park with play space for families. The partnership will also deliver 10,000 sq ft of flexible commercial space for cafés, restaurants, office space or a gym.
Patrick Dunne, Sainsbury’s Property Director, said: “This partnership gives us a once-in-a-generation opportunity to play our part and work with the Hendon community to ensure it thrives. We’re proud of investing in the local area to deliver parks and green space, more housing and amenities. This new development is supporting new and ongoing jobs, and will give our customers and colleagues a new and modern flagship store.
“We have an ambitious property agenda and continue to partner with developers to regenerate local communities and invest in state-of-the-art stores to best serve our customers. Our mixed-use development plans set communities up for the future, and mean we can extract value to reinvest into our business.
“Our current Hendon supermarket will continue to serve customers right up until we open the doors to our new store, and we’re committed to minimising disruption to customers, colleagues and the wider community.”
Work has taken place to prepare the site for the major development, including creating a new access road, installing a new decked car park, demolition of the petrol filling station and extensive drainage diversion works.
Marcus Blake, Managing Director at St George City: “We are delighted to work in partnership with Sainsbury’s to deliver this important new development for Hendon.
“Silk Park reflects our commitment to investing in communities and creating sustainable neighbourhoods through improved biodiversity and more accessible green spaces, state-of-the-art amenities and much-needed new homes and jobs for Hendon and the wider London area.”
