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Newcastle retail in good health as design of 114,000 sq ft Primark is revealed

Graham Soult July 28, 2011 Fashion Stores, Property 5 Comments

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3DReid's proposal for the remodelled Primark/ex-BHS building

3DReid's proposal for the remodelled Primark/ex-BHS building

Interesting retail things always seem to happen on Tyneside while I’m on holiday! This time, I returned from Slovenia yesterday – hence the lack of recent blog posts – to find that the planning application for Newcastle’s new Primark flagship has been submitted while I’ve been away.

While the news of Primark’s … Continue Reading

From Macs to Maxx – three busy days for Tyneside retail

Graham Soult September 24, 2010 Fashion Stores, Footwear, Property, Shopping Centres, Variety Stores 5 Comments

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New Poundland store, Gateshead (21 Sep 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

New Poundland store, Gateshead (21 Sep 2010)

Returning home after a two-week holiday in Montenegro (more of which in due course), it seems like quite a lot has been happening within Tyneside’s retail scene while I’ve been away. 

As well as Asda’s plans for the old Byker Woolies getting the … Continue Reading

Three-storey retail tenant “secured” to replace Newcastle’s Green Market

Graham Soult January 25, 2010 Property, Retail History, Shopping Centres 5 Comments

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139-153 Grainger Street, Newcastle (22 Jan 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

139-153 Grainger Street, Newcastle (22 Jan 2010)

As someone with an appetite for retail news stories, I like to occasionally visit Newcastle City Council’s planning applications website. Often, planning applications are where interesting developments in the world of retail first come to light, or can be useful in confirming speculation that such-and-such a retailer is indeed … Continue Reading