Multi-million pound investment for town centre’s leisure scene

BARNSLEY town centre is set to benefit from a new leisure and dining experience thanks to investors at the town’s popular retail outlet.

The Alhambra Shopping Centre is set to add a nine screen cinema and six new high quality restaurants, part of a mult-imillion pound investment by landlords F & C Reit, which is set to open in Spring 2016.

A brand new entrance will be created leading straight up to the cinema from New Street with escalators and stairs. The investment will also see 4m external digital screens at the Sheffield Road entrance and along West Way to advertise and showcase retailers and cinema listings.

The works are set to start in April 2015 which will include a glazed mono pitched roof up on the second floor where the centre management team is currently situated.

Spencer Gower, asset manager from landlords F & C Reit, said: “This multi-million pound investment will bring a much needed leisure hub to Barnsley and confirms our belief and commitment to the town centre. The Alhambra Shopping Centre will become the main leisure venue and we want to make it a destination not just for the local people of Barnsley but help bring people in from the surrounding areas which will also benefit the local economy.”