Bildurn Properties has signed a deal with supermarket giant Tesco, to open a new Express store close to Midland Station, which forms part of Southside in Nottingham.

The building on Station Street was a former police station; it is set over a basement, ground and three upper stories.  Tesco are taking the ground and basement, an area of around 4,000 sq ft. Planning permission has already been granted, final negotiations are underway with Nottingham City Council regarding the exterior shop fitting.

This will be Bildurn's second letting to Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket chain, within Nottingham, as they already have a 5,000 sq ft unit in The Pod.  

Juliette Bishop, Tesco Corporate Affairs Manager, comments: "This is excellent location for a Tesco Express in a busy area of Nottingham. The purpose of any Tesco Express store is to serve the immediate area around the store; the new Tesco Express in Station Street is in area of the city where a large number of people work. Aswell as serving workers, being opposite the rail station this area of the city centre is busy throughout the day and into the evening. Tesco Express will provide a quality convenience offer to all these people in this small radius of the City."

Southside covers 38 hectares, including the railway station and is crossed by the planned two new tram lines; it is also connected to the regenerated Canal Quarter and is a few minutes from Broadmarsh Shopping Centre.

Nottingham based Bildurn, who specialise in urban real estate development and management across the East Midlands, is behind the project. Bildurn recently completed award winning schemes in Nottingham including The Pod, a 110,000 sq ft mixed-use retail, commercial and hotel development which brought back to life an vacant area within the city centre.

The Station Street site is ideally placed to benefit from the £67m plan to transform Nottingham's Midland railway station into a world class transport interchange. The improvement scheme is envisaged with major improvements to facilities and greater passenger capacity. One of the most exciting elements is the extension of Line One of the Nottingham Express Transit over the top of Station Street into the rail station itself. 

Sean Akins, Director at Bildurn commented: "Though the economic climate is tough the world still turns: Tesco continue to drive an ambitious expansion, and we are delighted to work with them again and harness the regenerative effects that it will have in this part of Nottingham's Southside."  

Tesco is expected to start on the scheme shortly and should be ready to open by August.

Bildurn recently started work on an exciting regeneration project within Leicester's Cultural Quarter, designed as a home to the city's growing creative businesses within Leicester.