Work on New World St Martins could start in July

May 12, 2010

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Work on New World St Martins could start in July

Having already been granted a resource consent, Foodstuffs South Island is hopeful of starting work on building the new New World St Martins in July to replace the old supermarket which was badly damaged in the February earthquake.

Roger Davidson, General Manager Property and Retail Development for Foodstuffs South Island, said that the resource consent was granted within two months of the February 22 earthquake, which is a great credit to Cr Sue Wells, the City Council and the local community board.

“Everyone has worked extremely well in getting us this far so quickly. We still have some ground testing that needs to be carried out and there are a few administrative aspects of the consent that have to be tidied up, but we are very hopeful of starting building in July,” he said.

The $9 million project is expected to take about a year to complete. Work on clearing the existing site has begun.

“The supermarket will be slightly bigger than the previous building, but because it will be a much more modern building with modern layout, we will be able to carry a substantially bigger and wider range of items. A group of retail shops will also be rebuilt.

“We are very committed to getting St Martins back to normality as quickly as possible,” he said.
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