Poll: Should the former Sainsbury's St George's parade be demolished?

Concerns have been raised that a former city centre supermarket could become 'another abandoned Wolverhampton building' after it emerged the firm had received no offers since it went on the market.

Published

The old Sainsbury's store at St George's Parade closed in July when the supermarket giant moved operations to its new £60m store in Raglan Street.

The property had been put on the market in 2013, well in advance of the move, but despite early interest, the firm marketing the site says there have been 'no concrete offers'.

The news has sparked fears that the building could be left to fall into wrack and ruin like some other prominent sites in the city.

It comes after Tesco announced this week it had scrapped long-existing plans to build a 97,000 sq ft supermarket at the old Royal Hospital site in All Saints, which has been out of use since 1997.