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Wearside jobs boost

A £10M development is set to help rejuvenate a part of Sunderland and bring 150 jobs to the city.

Plans to transform a rundown and derelict site in the city’s North Hylton Road have been unveiled in a scheme that would reportedly create a mixed-use development that would include offices and shops.

The multi million pound scheme is hoped to create 150 local jobs, which developers say would be a significant boost to the surrounding community.

Plans for the 169,000sq ft site, formerly owned by Jennings Motor Group, are to be submitted in August and work is hoped to start early next year.

Developer Nil Satis Nisi praised the proposed development is expecting an international supermarket group to move into the new space.

The other tenant mix would include a discount operator, newsagent, card shop, bookmaker and baker. This is hoped to create a community shopping hub for the surrounding areas of Hylton Castle, Castletown, Red House, Southwick, Town End Farm and Downhill.

Roy Kenny, project manager for Nil Satis Nisi, said local companies would be invited to tender for the scheme to ensure the development is kept in the area.

He said: “This is an exciting project for this area and aside from the obvious regeneration benefits, the district centre is expected to create about 150 jobs for the immediate local community.

“The proposal we are unveiling includes a major international supermarket retailer as the main anchor tenant for the site.”

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