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Sarah Scott

Belfast BHS store plan details released as proposal submitted

Plans to turn Belfast's former BHS store into a new retail and leisure destination for the city have been released.

The 70,000 sq ft space at Castle Lane, which has been vacant since August 2016 when the retailer went into administration, is set to be refurbished and reconfigured.

Belfast-based Alterity Investments propose subdividing the ground floor at Castle Lane into a number of retail units and for the upper floors to be used for a variety of purposes including a potential rooftop area for food and drink.

Richard Faloon, Commercial Director of Alterity Investments, said: "We are delighted to reveal plans to help strengthen Belfast City centre’s offering with the redevelopment of the BHS site. We believe the site has the potential to regenerate the commercial and retail vibrancy of this critical section of the city.

The former BHS building on Castle Lane in Belfast City Centre (Jonathan Porter/PressEye)

"We hope to maintain and strengthen the distinctive position of Belfast city centre to enable it to perform its role as the primary shopping centre of the region to promote a sustainable, vital and vibrant city centre."

Belfast-based Like Architects, who have over thirty years’ experience in retail, leisure, commercial, conservation and residential design, have designed the plans proposed to Belfast City Council.

Subject to planning, it also hopes to visually improve the Castle Arcade area to make it more attractive by recladding the exterior of the building and constructing a new oversail section.

The new façade has taken inspiration from the building’s past as the Gaumont Theatre.

Frazer Kidd has been retained as commercial agent for the property, which comprises three upper floors and a ground floor that opens onto Castle Lane, Castle Arcade and Cornmarket.

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