Building services firm ISG has been confirmed as the preferred construction partner for the £41m York Community Stadium and Leisure Complex scheme.

The mixed-use stadium development, which ISG will build as part of a consortium led by non-profit facility management company GLL, will become the new home for York’s professional football and rugby teams – York City FC and York City Knights. It will also include leisure, retail, office and community facilities.

ISG’s appointment is now expected to pave the way for building work on the stadium to begin later this year, with a completion date set for 2016.

In addition to a new 8,000 all-seater stadium with high-quality hospitality and conferencing facilities, the complex will house three floodlit 3G sports pitches for community use and a new leisure centre with a 25m (82ft) six-lane swimming pool and health club.

The centre will replace the ageing Waterworld and Courtney’s Gym facilities, providing a main pool, with separate teaching and fun pools with fun water features for children. A multi-use sports hall for netball, basketball and badminton will have viewing for up to 250 spectators. The scheme also includes a 100-station gym with dance and spinning studios and an extreme adventure sports zone.

Elsewhere, the stadium’s East Stand will become home to a three-storey community hub, providing space for the project’s key partners – the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, York Against Cancer, York St John University and Be Independent (CIC). To the rear and separate from the stadium’s South Stand, ISG will build a series of new retail units and a first floor cinema complex.

Danny Murray, ISG’s Northern regional managing director, said: “Our involvement in the York Community Stadium project extends back to 2012 and we have worked closely with GLL and our consortium partners to bring the vision for this keynote regional leisure scheme to reality.

“ISG has exceptionally strong leisure sector credentials, delivering iconic sporting venues like the Olympic Velodrome and the National Football Development Centre in Newport, and we are looking forward to working with our consortium partners to create superb new facilities for York.”