ISG Jackson - Retail Development - Great Yarmouth, ISG Jackson Enhances Retail Provision In Great Yarmouth With £7.8 Million Market Gates Project

Date: 12 Jul 2007

ISG Jackson has secured a £7.8 million project with Miller Developments Ltd to redevelop the Market Gates Shopping Centre in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. The scheme will greatly enlarge the existing shopping centre, with a new four-storey extension providing an additional 6,000 sq m of high end retail space within the town, attracting tenants including Debenhams, New Look and Iceland.

Work on the challenging project has now commenced, with the extension being constructed over a bus station terminus and three lane main arterial road into Great Yarmouth. To minimise potential disruption to the public, ISG Jackson will erect the steel frame extension across a number of phases, with the four-storey high end sections completed first and then connected together overnight.

Newly occupying retailers will fit out their own store space; however ISG Jackson will complete the main mall area and public facilities to a high standard, installing four public lifts, quality flooring and feature lighting across the public walkways. The façade of the new extension features curtain walling, cladding panels and render finishes, giving the building a modern contemporary design, with the project scheduled for completion by September 2008.

Chris Harrall, director of ISG Jackson's Commercial division, commented: "The challenging site conditions that we encounter at the Market Gates Shopping Centre demand a robust and highly detailed programme of works. Allied to a restricted and busy site location, we are working above a key arterial route into the town centre and need to deliver a phased project to meet the specific requirement of retailers. We are confident that once completed, the enlarged centre will attract increasing footfall within the town and ensure Great Yarmouth becomes a true regional shopping destination."

Visualisation of the redeveloped Market Gates Shopping Centre in Great Yarmouth

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