Market Gates Shopping Centre is based in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It was first opened in 1976.

The Centre

Market Gates shopping centre (geograph 2973973)

The

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currently houses 40 stores over of

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. It comprises a mostly high street brands with a smaller number of independent retailers. The centre was built in 1976 on an area which was damaged during World War II and incorporates a

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underneath and a

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to the east. It has two main entrances, one from the

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, via a slope, and another from the bus lane section of Regent Road, via an

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This is close to the towns

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s and the towns

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, known as 'The Troll Cart'.

Expansion

Work begun in the summer of 2007 on an expansion to the

. It involved the demolition of the old Coach House, the construction of a new concourse over the bus station and the remodelling of the centre's interior. On 30 October 2008 the extension opened to the public, with branches of

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, New Look and Starbucks. Brighthouse; a rent-to-own retailer, a

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shop, also the EE and O2 mobile phone retailers have moved in since the opening but some units remain unlet as of late-2010 possibly due to the late-2000s recession. The

was given further negative news on Friday 26 April 2019 when it was announced that the

store, which has been in extended part of the centre since 2008 was named amongst 22 stores nationally earmarked for closure. It closed in January 2020.

Administration

In early March 2012 Miller Developments formally announced that the

had entered

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. On 2 March 2012 it was confirmed that the administrator handling the sale of Market Gates Shopping Centre was

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Deloitte were appointed Administrators on behalf of

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who own the shopping centre following the transfer of ownership on 29 February 2012.

Bought

In November 2013 a group called Ellandi bought Market Gates for £28m. Ellandi plan to upgrade and expand Market Gates providing an extra over two levels.

Fire

In early March 2012, firefighters were called to deal with a blaze at the shopping centre, which involved a sign."Firefighters called to blaze at Market Gates centre in Great Yarmouth"
''Great Yarmouth Mercury''; Retrieved 4 March 2015

References

External links

Market Gates website
{{Shopping centres in the East of England Shopping centres in Norfolk Great Yarmouth