Riverside news


Leader: Great news for Shrewsbury as Debenhams in

It is great news for Shrewsbury that Debenhams has been lined up as a lead retailer at the heart of its revamped New Riverside shopping centre.


Debenhams secured for Shrewsbury’s New Riverside

The developers behind Shrewsbury’s £150 million New Riverside shopping complex have secured a flagship Debenhams department store.


Letter: New Riverside jobs great, but what about existing?

We hear a lot about the £150 million pound project to produce a new riverside centre. This will create ‘X’ number of jobs for the town. I say ‘great’, having myself spent a while unemployed.


Wilkinson hopes to be part of £150m New Riverside plan

Bosses at Wilkinson have reassured shoppers they intend to keep a store in Shrewsbury following planning permission being granted to the £150 million New Riverside centre.


Jobs safe as Shrewsbury club facing demolition plans move

Up to 50 jobs have been secured at a nightclub in Shrewsbury after bosses this afternoon announced plans to move to make way for the £150 million shopping centre.


Shrewsbury’s new shopping mall ‘key to future investment’

The arrival of a new £150 million shopping centre in Shrewsbury heralds the beginning of further investment into the town, the leader of Shropshire Council claimed today.


New Riverside centre to boost Shrewsbury tourism

A new £150 million shopping centre in Shrewsbury could help bring hundreds of millions of extra tourism revenue to the town, developers today said.


Shrewsbury’s £150m Riverside shopping centre approved

More than 700 jobs will be created after planners gave the go-ahead to a £150 million shopping complex which will transform Shrewsbury town centre.


Objection lodged over £150m New Riverside plans

Shrewsbury Civic Society has lodged an objection to £150 million plans for the New Riverside shopping centre in the town.


Planners back £150m Shrewsbury Riverside bid despite fears

Planning chiefs today admitted the new £150 million New Riverside development in Shrewsbury would harm the quality of life of residents living nearby.


Loss of trade fears over Shrewsbury Riverside plans

Business bosses in Shrewsbury town centre have spoken out against plans for a new £150 million shopping complex, claiming it will be ‘too big’ and will draw visitors away from the town’s independent traders.


Flagship store Debenhams on Shrewsbury wish-list

Shopping bosses want a flagship Debenhams department store as part of their £150 million redevelopment of Shrewsbury, they said today.


Letter: Shrewsbury has no need for another shopping mall

Will someone in authority please explain to me the need for yet another shopping mall in Shrewsbury when the two we already have have never been filled?


Architect vents fear of Shrewsbury town centre pollution

Pollution caused by the building of a £150 million shopping centre in Shrewsbury will pose serious dangers to the health of nearby workers, a top architect today claimed.


Leader: Riverside revamp is perfect for jobs boost

The grim unemployment figures in Britain underline the need for Shropshire to grab every opportunity to kickstart the local economy and generate new jobs.


700 jobs on way in Shrewsbury with Riverside rebuild

More than 700 jobs could be created in Shrewsbury by a £150 million shopping development – as the national jobless total soared to 2.6 million.


Call for a revamp of Shrewsbury’s Pride Hill

Shrewsbury’s main shopping street needs a major revamp to help attract more shoppers to the town, it was claimed today.


Shrewsbury mall site neighbours fear huge disruption

Residents living close to a planned new £150 million shopping centre in the heart of Shrewsbury will have to put up with years of disruption while building work takes place, it was claimed today.


Letter: Don’t pick on students

I have just read an article on your website from February 13, entitled ‘New Riverside plans impressive, but get those kids off the steps’ by David Burrows.


Wilkinson jobs risk claim if new Shrewsbury mall opens

More than 50 jobs will be lost at the Wilkinson’s store in Shrewsbury if plans for a new £150 million shopping mall are given the go-ahead, its bosses claimed today.


New Riverside plans impressive, but get those kids off the steps

New images have emerged this week of what the New Riverside shopping centre will look like. And given that developments ALWAYS look like artists impressions, we can pretty much be guaranteed that that’s how it will end up.


New look of Shrewsbury town centre revealed

This is the shape of Shrewsbury town centre under a £150 million revamp which will create 700 jobs.


Developers lodge plans for £150m Shrewsbury shopping mall

Major plans for Shrewsbury’s £150 million New Riverside shopping centre, set to create more than 700 jobs, have today been submitted by developers.


New £150m Shrewsbury retail centre may include GP practice

Plans for a £150 million shopping centre in Shrewsbury could include a medical practice, have been revealed. The centre would link up the town’s current three malls.


Shoppers welcome Shrewsbury Riverside plans

Almost 90 per cent of Shrewsbury shoppers are in favour of plans to create a new £150 million shopping complex in the centre of the town, a new study has claimed.


More time for comments on Shrewsbury Riverside plans

A public exhibition on proposals to build a £150 million shopping complex in the heart of Shrewsbury is to be extended for a further fortnight after its initial three-day run came to an end on Saturday.


Shrewsbury Riverside plans ‘will bring 1,000 jobs’

Up to 1,000 long-term jobs could be created in Shrewsbury if a proposed new £150 million shopping centre is given the go-ahead, developers today claimed.


Video view of Shrewsbury Riverside shopping plans

This is the first look at plans for the interior of Shrewsbury’s potential £150 million shopping centre.

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