NATIONAL retailers are joining the queue to be included in a multi-million pound shopping development in Redcar.
The Regent Walk Shopping Centre will be next to the High Street, stretching from West Dyke Road to Regent Street, and as far back as the railway.
It will accommodate a Morrisons supermarket, 23 shops and parking for nearly 700 cars.
The scheme involves Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, the regional development agency One NorthEast, and Teesland Development Company.
Shoppers will be able to walk in a traffic-free open mall from the car park and the bus stops directly into the High Street, opposite Marks and Spencer, Boots and Woolworths.
Sixteen of the shop units are under offer to national retailers, the majority of which are new to Redcar.
Dr Joan Rees, the council's director of the economy and environment, said: "The scheme will create around 250 jobs during construction, and around 400 jobs in the shops."
The first phase is expected to be completed to allow trading to start before Easter 2002, with the whole of the development operational in time for Christmas 2002.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article