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Shopping complex in Salford town gets green light for £15mn revamp

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Shopping complex in Salford town gets green light for £15mn revamp

A shopping complex in one of Salford’s towns has been given the green light for a £15m revamp.

This will see 180,000 sq ft of retail space in Egerton Walk and Victoria Square in Walkden demolished, to make way for a new ‘contemporary’ façade with a landscaping scheme.




Most of the area set to be knocked down in Walkden Town Centre is currently not being used.

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The plan includes creating a ‘high street style’ boulevard with timber street furniture, breakout seating areas, and low level planters.

It involves creating a pedestrianised link connecting the newly formed main entrance of the shopping centre to Manchester Road East and High Street.

It will also create parcels of land for further development in future.

The plan has been approved by Salford council in a decision which noted that the site has ‘surpassed its operational life cycle and is beyond viable economic repair.’

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