Shoppers at Bury’s Mill Gate centre have welcomed the news the council could be about to revamp the 15-acre site. Yesterday, the authority announced it had completed a deal to buy the shopping complex for an undisclosed fee from a firm called InfraRed.
It will also team up with developers Bruntwood to make improvements to the centre. Those improvements will be for “new residential, leisure uses”, a council report says.
Today (March 23), the Manchester Evening News visited the sprawling retail paradise to see how regular visitors reacted to the purchase. READ MORE: Martin Lewis' warning to anybody who uses direct debit to pay their energy bills While many were positive about the decision to improve the centre, some felt that it was already in a good condition. “I don’t think it needs anything,” Sheila Myers said. “My sister comes all the way from Macclesfield to here.
If you compare it to Stockport or any of the others — even the Trafford Centre and the Arndale — we have got everything, really. “We just want more big stores to come back.
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