brandon shopping centre

Press Release - 3rd December 2007

CALA Properties' Planning Application to Improve Motherwell's Brandon Shopping Centre

CALA Properties has lodged a planning application with North Lanarkshire Council that will boost the quality of retail space and provide a new feature entrance at Brandon Shopping Centre.

The plans allow for the development of the former Asda store, providing up to 74,000 sq ft of modern retail space, with new frontages to the mall and car park. Six new units have been designed to allow existing retailers in the town to expand and also to attract new traders not already represented in Motherwell.

The feature entrance at Brandon Parade South will provide a new focus and sense of identity for the Brandon Shopping Centre, and will be a key part of the planned improvements.

Edinburgh-based CALA Properties, which acquired the Brandon Shopping Centre in February this year (2007), has already started a marketing campaign, through joint agents Cushman & Wakefield and Eric Young & Co, to attract new shops, with many retailers already saying they are interested in moving into Motherwell. The final size of each shop unit will depend on the new tenants.

From the minute we bought the Brandon Shopping Centre, local people and politicians made it clear that we needed to do something about the empty former Asda store, said Alasdair MacConnell, Managing Director of CALA Properties.

Our new plans will provide the sort of modern quality retail space which retailers now demand. We have worked closely with the local council on our plans to provide a better shopping choice and experience for local people, and we hope that the planners at North Lanarkshire Council will give the green light to our plans.

For further information, please contact:

Susan Macrae
CALA Properties
Tel 0131 535 4433
smacrae@cala.co.uk

Jonathan Reay
Reay Public Relations
Tel 0788 4433 475
jonathan@reaypr.co.uk

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