House of Fraser delivers new blow to troubled Chester retail scheme

摘要

Local property experts fear Chester could be on the verge of missing out on a key development opportunity for a third time, The anchor tenant for the Northgate retail development pulled out at the start of the year, putting the future of the scheme in jeopardy. The Northgate site has a complex history. In the mid-1990s, Scottish Widows worked up a scheme to extend its Forum shopping centre on to land occupied by the council-owned market hall and bus station and lined up House of Fraser as an anchor tenant, However, it failed to reach an agreement with the council on its plans.