A RESTAURANT at the region's biggest shopping centre is to become a chain, after bosses announced plans for a major expansion.
Big Luke's Texas Restaurant at the Gateshead MetroCentre, has signed up for a unit in the new £18m River Quarter development in Sunderland. The 3,700sq ft unit should be trading by November.
The group, which recently opened its first restaurant outside the MetroCentre, in Carlisle, has employed property firm Sanderson Weatherall to find further units.
The firm has opened negotiations with landlords in Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Durham.
David Windross, from Sanderson Weatherall, said: "We are very pleased to have been able to agree excellent terms for Big Luke's on these units and are currently seeking other opportunities of between 2,500sq ft and 4,000sq ft in busy retail and leisure pitches."
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