Regional Business Information for Yorkshire
Next in line for Trinity Leeds
16th February 2010
By David Parkin - Managing Director
CGI of Trinity Leeds
WORK looks likely to restart soon on the mothballed £650m Trinity Leeds shopping centre after the developers signed up fashion chain Next as a key tenant.
Property group Land Securities, which is developing the site alongside Yorkshire group Caddick Developments, said that Next will open a 51,000 sq ft store in the scheme which will boast 120 shops on a site between Briggate, Commercial Street, Albion Street and Boar Lane.
Work on the 1m sq ft project stalled last April as the credit crunch and subsequent reces......for the full story register now for free or login below...
Good to hear it's back on track but I find it hard to get excited about a massive Next. I know there are few anchor tenants out there that would be new to the city but I hope some of the other names they bring on add something to the city's shopping offering instead of just moving units. Clarence Dock may have been a flop so far but at least some of the stores are new to the city.
Paul Rayment