Oliver Butler, project manager for Kier Property, said: “We are delighted to confirm we are about to start work on site.
“This is fantastic news, following many weeks of working in partnership with GF Tomlinson.
“It’s great to finally get started and we look forward to watching the scheme progress through to completion in the autumn/winter of 2015.”
Paul Fish, director of GF Tomlinson, added: “We plan to engage as much as possible with the local community to ensure we recruit in the vicinity to help follow the ethos of the entire scheme.”
The development is part of a wider £65 million scheme, which will regenerate more than 17 acres in Walsall town centre.
It comes as another leisure scheme will be built just 300 yards away.
A nine-screen Vue cinema along with retail space for cafes and restaurants will open in Wisemore – opposite Tesco – next year.
Work on a £5mretirements complex on the Waterfront also started last week.