 The company bought the site in June 1989, and the store opened in October 1992 and was extended in July 1999.Since 1986 Downs Park and the Sainsbury's supermarket have been served by the Brighton & Hove bus company's route 6 to Brighton station via Portslade station, Aldrington, central Hove and central Brighton.A connecting road to the Mile Oak estate (Fox Way) was built the early 1990s but did not open until January 1996.