Sunday, January 14, 2007

Scotland is building more shopping centres than ever … but are there enough shops to fill them?

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SCOTLAND IS poised for a retail development boom with more than 1.5 million square feet of new shopping space scheduled to open during 2007, according to newly compiled figures.

The flood of space combined with troubled times on the high street, however, has left somepropertyagentswonderingif there will be enough retailers on the expansion trail to fillout all the corridors. Compiled by realestateconsultants Colliers CRE, the numbers only include major schemes and not the individual shops, smaller supermarkets and retail parks popping up around the country.


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And Bishopbriggs looks like adding another.

But then Churchill Way was demolished as it failed!

Other shop units are standing empty in the town centre.

Kirkintilloch Shopping Centre is struggling.

Only time will tell

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