Restaurants and wine bar join leisure complex after £750,000 revamp
A MAJOR investment in a former West Yorkshire mill has attracted two restaurants and a wine bar.
The £750,000 redevelopment at the Victoria Mill in Calderdale was undertaken by local developer Rosemount Estates.
Entrepreneur Lee Roberts, owner of The Fleece in Barkisland, winner of the Yorkshire Pub of the Tear 2015 and The Milestone in Ripponden has signed up his restaurant offering, Catch Seafood, to the West Vale site.
Vine Wine and Coffee Bar, Cinnamon at the Mill, sister Indian restaurant to the Cinnamon Lounge in Rishworth have also joined.
Lee Roberts of Catch Seafood said: “We have been looking at Victoria Mills as a potential location for Catch for a while, as we always thought that Greetland had unfulfilled potential. Thanks to its sympathetic conversion, the space retains many of its original features, which creates a wonderful atmosphere for our new restaurant.
Andy Thornton from Rosemount Estates commented: “For the last 25 years Andy Thornton Ltd has been the sole occupier of Victoria Mills. With the rise in internet sales the company realised they did not require as much showroom space and we all saw this as an opportunity to redevelop the mill in a way that would benefit all parties.
“We obtained planning consent for the scheme in 2012 and are delighted with the final result. It has opened up the whole of West Vale, and enabled us to create space that has proven extremely attractive to tenants. With Andy Thornton Ltd continuing to trade from the upper floors of Victoria Mills, and new carpet business Long Mill Carpets trading from our adjoining Bowes Yard development this new roster of businesses will help maintain the vibrancy and diversity of West Vale.”
David Heap of Walker Singleton, the letting agent for the scheme, added: “The development is now fully let which shows that there remains strong demand from successful local businesses for well-located retail and leisure space. Victoria Mills is already a well-known local landmark and these new occupiers bring further benefit to the area.”
