Changing shopping habits from buying online to a preference for parking close to stores have paved the way for some high profile closures at Peterborough’s Queensgate Shopping Centre.
The departures over the last couple of years of department store chain John Lewis, fashion retailer Next, clothing brand Joules, cosmetics retailer The Body Shop, and just this weekend, food and clothing retailer Marks and Spencer have left some big gaps in the centre.
But it is not all gloom because the centre is also promising a raft of new arrivals over the coming year.
They include the big retailing group Frasers and separately the Frasers-owned brand Sports Direct. The Odeon cinema group is expected to start operating the new 10 screen IMAX cinema in the centre and Danish lifestyle brand Sostrene Grene is expected to move into the former Joules store. An artisan coffee and wine bar has also secured approval to open at the Cumbergate end of the centre.
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Retail giant Frasers is expected to open in Peterborough's Queensgate Shopping Centre sometime next year. Photo: Shawn Williams
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Sports Direct, which is part of the Frasers Group, is expected to open in the Queensgate Shopping Centre in Peterborough next year. Photo: Jonathan Taylor
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The Odeon cinema group is understood to be the chosen operator for a new IMAX cinema in the Queensgate Shopping Centre in Peterborough Photo: VV Shots - stock.adobe.com
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Danish lifestyle brand Sostrene Grene is expected to arrive at the Queensgate Shopping Centre, Peterborough, in the near future. Photo: Sostrene Grene