Closing date looms for Homebase in Fareham which will be converted into a new Sainsbury's supermarket
Closure signs have appeared outside the Fareham branch of a DIY shop which has now been sold to a supermarket chain.
Sainsbury’s is buying the Homebase store in Collingwood Retail Park, Newgate Lane, with closure signs indicating ‘everything must go’ now appearing outside the branch.
Homebase has said the store will be closing in December, but said the exact date of closure is still to be confirmed.
Nine other Homebase locations across the UK in “key target locations” are also being purchased by Sainsbury’s, with plans to convert them into new supermarkets and create 1,000 jobs.
The News understands that the new Sainsbury’s store will not be a 24-hour branch and could be open by the summer of 2025, employing around 100 people.