Business WATCH: I visited The Fratton Bridge Centre as renovation continues and new tenants take up units By Joe Williams Published 9th Aug 2024, 14:28 BST Comment Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 Visit Shots! now The revamp of a shopping centre in Portsmouth continues as new tenants start fill some of the vacant units. The News was invited down to The Bridge Centre in Fratton to have a look at the works that are ongoing to better utilise the space. Portsmouth City Council bought the shopping centre in September last year and continue to work on plans to turn it into a multi-purpose community space.
Read More The Parenting Network opens Baby Bank at The Fratton Bridge Centre as demand continues to rise The Fratton Bridge Centre developments "massively exceeding expectations" as units start to fill Portsmouth News newsletters - sign up for FREE to get email updates straight to your inbox At the end of July it was announced three new tenants would be taking over units in the centre. The Parenting Network have opened a Baby Bank while a Fratton Together Pantry and Electric Dreamz’ Tech Museum are set to open soon. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
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Leader of Portsmouth City Council, Steve Pitts, has been delighted with the project’s progress. He said: “It’s been a really exciting project this one. When we got the centre we knew we wanted bring the units back into use.
A lot of the community had complained for years that units within the Bridge Centre had sat empty. We knew we wanted to do that and had some ideas about how that might work and engaged with some community groups, organisations and outreach, but this has massively exceeded our expectations. “We have already seen Fratton Together take occupation of the new community pantry and make a space outside the Bridge Centre.
We also have The Parenting Network and The Baby Hub relocating here right into the heart of a community that really needs that support and that engagement.” Watch the video embedded in this article to see a walk through of The Fratton Bridge Centre. Continue Reading Related topics: Portsmouth City Council Renovation Community Community groups Comment Comment Guidelines National World encourages reader discussion on our stories.
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