Developer begins work on stores at new trade park

Clowes Developments has started work on a project that will see two large retail stores built at a new trade park.

The developer is leading the project to create a new Lidl supermarket and a Wickes DIY store at Stadium Trade Park, in Long Eaton.

It is working with IMA Architects, the principal designer for the scheme, as well as Millward Consulting Engineers and Roe Developments, to deliver the site.

The 1.68-hectare Stadium Trade Park is being built on a brownfield former industrial site that has been derelict since 2014.

Completion is expected next year and once finished, the site will feature the new stores, car parking for 157 vehicles, a service yard and associated boundary treatments and landscaping.

Marc Freeman, director at Clowes Developments, said: “We are delighted to welcome both Wickes and Lidl to Stadium Trade Park.

“The site has been in the planning stage since 2018, so it’s great that we are now up and running on the build.

“We expect both the new Lidl and Wickes stores to be very popular with the local community once they are complete and bring economic benefits to the town.”

Joe Travers, associate director at IMA Architects, said: “This is our latest project with Clowes, and we are enjoying regenerating this site which has been derelict for so long.”