A £9m leisure development will begin this month at Glasgow Fort Shopping Park, creating up to 200 jobs once building works are completed. It will be built on the north side of the park, adjacent to where Asda Living and Hobbycraft are located, and building works will not interfere with the day to day use of the shopping park.
The 45,000 sq ft extension, which is due to be open summer 2013, will include a Vue cinema and five restaurants: TGI Friday, Prezzo, Harvester, Chiquito and PizzaExpress.
Phil Goodman, Centre Manager at Glasgow Fort Shopping Park, said:
“We are absolutely delighted that the leisure development will soon be underway and we can look forward to an important and major extension to the Park’s offering by next summer.
“Glasgow Fort Shopping Park, as well as a wide range of retail outlets, already has a number of restaurants and cafes which are very popular. By adding a cinema and more big restaurant names to the mix, the Park will have even more to offer to our customers.
Currently, Glasgow Fort stores employ around 2000 people, with around two thirds of these coming from the local area as part of its commitment to community regeneration and it will work with the Glasgow Regeneration Agency (GRA) to help local people secure jobs at the new development.
Glasgow Fort Shopping Park is owned by British Land and managed by Schroders.
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