The new store set to open in these empty Preston shops
Shoe retailer Deichmann is planning to open a store in Preston city centre.
The chain is set to move into what was the Emmaus charity store – and an adjoining premises – on Fishergate, close to the junction with Guildhall Street.
According to a planning application submitted to Preston City Council, the two existing retail units at ground floor level will be “amalgamated to provide a sales area, staff facilities and stockroom [and] the upper floors will be mothballed and accessed only for maintenance”.
The building dates from around 1970, following the demolition of a Victorian property in the 1960s, and its retail occupiers since then have included Boots, Mountain Warehouse and HMV. Emmaus moved out in order to relocate to the former Debenhams store within the Fishergate Shopping Centre earlier this year.
Deichmann Shoes has been approached for comment.
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