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Starbucks build begins at gateway Grimsby site as deal grinds out more retail and leisure interest

Retail and leisure development should see world-renowned first tenant open for business in October

David Maughan, contracts director at PDR Construction; Wykeland Group development director Jonathan Stubbs, and Nick Ramsden, managing director of Ramsden Group, at the site of the new Starbucks in Grimsby.(Image: Neil Holmes)

Work is underway on a landmark Grimsby site as the town’s first drive-thru Starbucks paves the way for further investment and job creation.

Five years on from the shutters coming down on the former Ramsdens Superstore, construction of the 1,800 sq ft unit for the world’s most popular coffee house has begun.

And developer Wykeland Group, driving the multi-million pound retail and leisure opportunity forward with landowner Ramsden Group, has told how having the globally recognised tenant in place has spurred interest in the remainder of the site.

Starbucks is the first operator to sign up to the regeneration scheme, with 25 jobs and an October opening anticipated.

Wykeland’s development director Jonathan Stubbs said: “We’ve been a committed investor in Grimsby for many years and proud to have now taken the development of this key site in the town into the build phase.

“The construction of this Starbucks facility signals the beginning of a new chapter for the former Ramsdens Superstore site.

“Since announcing Starbucks’ commitment to the scheme we have seen a strong upturn in enquiries from retail operators and we are actively pursuing these opportunities.”

The coffee house was first revealed last June by the Hull-based team behind Grimsby’s Europarc, Hull’s Fruit Market and a cluster of other major developments.