Stoke Video Ezy demolished
Contractors were on-site last week to begin tearing the empty Stoke building down in preparation for an expansion to New World. Photo: Sara Hollyman.
The old Video Ezy in Stoke is being torn down to make way for an expanded New World supermarket.
Contractors arrived in Strawbridge Square last Wednesday and will remain working in the area for another two weeks.
While work is underway, the carpark and vehicle accessway between the Video Ezy and the Stoke Library will be closed, though the footpath adjacent to the library remains open.
Three trees will also be removed during the works.
The works are taking place to enable a major upgrade of the New World.
A land-swap between Foodstuffs South Island and Nelson City Council last year will allow the supermarket to be extended north to cover the square’s two-way Neale Avenue entrance and the Video Ezy site.
The New World will then vacate some land in the corner of Strawbridge Square to make room for lost carparking, while making the square less enclosed.