At the end of last month, we reported how a wave of new retailers were planned with owners announcing that food court plans will also be resurrected.
The long-term viability of the centre was not so clear-cut before it was bought out of administration in August by the Blackburn-based Adhan Group, who see it as the "jewel in its crown."
The multi-million pound centre has a storied history and opened way back in November 1964. Do you remember it looking like this?
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5. St George's Shopping Centre through the ages
Little green Orville, the country's most lovable bird, brushed off his shyness to open a new store in Preston. Complete with nappy and right-hand man Keith Harris, the bashful duck arrived in St George's Shopping Centre for the official opening of a Radio Rentals shop Photo: RETRO
6. St George's Shopping Centre through the ages
Venture scouts from Preston who could not get to Everest over Whitsuntide made their own moutain nearer home instead. Hundreds of people watched the young men and women climb repeatedly up and down specially erected scaffolding in St George's Shopping Centre, and collect sponsorship money in support of the work of Sir Edmund Hillary Photo: RETRO
7. St George's Shopping Centre through the ages
A group of sales girls from Kendalls Fashions in St Georges Shopping Centre took turns in a wheelchair to be pushed around town - all in the name of charity. And with a little help from a couple of their children, they completed five miles and raised £108 for the adult centre for the physically handicapped in Deepdale Road, Preston Photo: RETRO
8. St George's Shopping Centre through the ages
Mayor Alderman W Beckett and Mr A G L Wright, managing director of Murrayfield, unveil the plaque at the new St. George’s Shopping Centre, Preston, on March 22, 1966. Please send your nostalgic memories and pictures to [email protected] Photo: lep/pda