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Grimshaw's Sainsbury's given grade II listing

By 2019-07-22T06:00:00

Camden Sainsbury's (2)

Source: Historic England

Scheme becomes first supermarket to be given protected status

A Sainsbury’s store in north London designed by Nick Grimshaw has become the first supermarket to be given protected status.

The retailer commissioned Grimshaw’s practice to come up with proposals to transform a former industrial site in the heart of Camden back in the 1980s.

The store, which has now been listed at grade II, is part of the Grand Union complex, named after the nearby canal, that was built between 1986 and 1988.

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