BUILDING firm Construction Partnership UK (CPUK) has won a £500,000 contract for a new Sainsbury’s store in Blackpool.

The latest contract adds to its growing portfolio of retail developments across the region, and is repeat business for Skelmersdale-based CPUK. The project, in Whitegate Drive, in the heart of the resort, is in partnership with Windmill Investments and will be the second major retail development CPUK has created for the Lytham-based developer.

CPUK is already on site building one of the first drive-through Starbucks coffee shops in the UK, at the Trafford Centre in Manchester, for North West property giant Peel.

The Sainsbury’s contract follows the successful completion of a £500,000 Tesco store in the Apex Centre, in Radcliffe, Bury, earlier this year on behalf of Windmill.

The 5,000 sq ft Sainsbury’s store on one of the main roads in and out of Blackpool will take 18 weeks to construct.

Steve Burke, managing director of CPUK, said: “The contract with Windmill Investments underlines our team’s strength in developing long-term business partnerships with clients, which fosters trust and respect on both sides and leads to repeat business.

“We have also gained a strong reputation for delivering projects on time and to budget.

“Our increasing number of retail contracts is down to our excellent service and the quality of our delivery.”