Southampton's East Street goes west
Published: 29 March, 2011
Southampton's East Street shopping centre is earmarked for redevelopment
Arcadian Estates, part of the London & Henley Property Group, has unveiled plans to comprehensively redevelop the East Street Shopping Centre in Southampton. The proposals will see the complete demolition of the obsolete centre and its replacement with an individually designed, purpose-built city centre Morrisons' flagship food store.
Arcadian Estates has retained urban regeneration specialist Centros to devise the food store scheme - which will include two floors of car parking above the new store and the re-establishment of an open pedestrian thoroughfare from East Street to Evans Street. Morrisons is already under contract to lease the new store, which is due to open in late 2013 or early 2014.
Councillor Royston Smith, Leader of Southampton City Council, said: "This is great news for Southampton. It will bring life to the area and 400 vital jobs to the city."
And David Lewis, development director of Centros, said: "The East Street area is sorely in need of regeneration and we believe that recreating an open streetscape and providing a strong and complementary retail attraction at the St Mary's end of the street is a solution that will successfully create a new eastern gateway, help to transform this part of the city centre and stimulate further regeneration.
London & Henley anticipates being ready to submit a planning application later this year.
