Jamie comes to Harrogate
LATERAL Property Group has submitted plans to transform a retail unit in Harrogate into a restaurant fronted by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.
Harrogate-based Lateral has signed a lease with Mr Oliver to develop a two-storey unit into a Jamie’s Italian restaurant.
The restaurant, which is expected to create a number of new jobs, would be located on a site that is presently the Multiyork retail unit in Parliament street.
Subject to planning permission, Lateral proposes to start construction work in May with Jamie’s targeting opening by Easter 2014.
Lateral’s managing director Philip Lunn said: “Jamie’s is a real coup for Harrogate. We have worked for a number of years on initiatives to strengthen Parliament Street and this letting is an endorsement of its position as one of the town’s prime retail, leisure and restaurant destinations.
“Located between Betty’s and the Royal Baths, Jamie’s is great news for our local economy and will provide a welcome addition to the town’s retail and leisure tourism offer.”
As part of the planning application, Lateral is proposing to relocate its Harrogate office to new grade A refurbished office space directly above Jamie’s.
Lateral has also developed Jamie’s restaurant at Lendal Cellars in York, which opened last July.
The first Jamie’s Italian opened in 2008 in Oxford and there are now 30 Jamie’s Italian’s In the UK as well as restaurants in Dubai, Sydney and Dublin and upcoming openings in Aberdeen, Perth in Australia and St Petersburg.
