Transforming the historic UK salt town Cheshire, the 8.26 hectare riverside Barons Quay development in Northwich will feature a multi-screen cinema, major food store, hotel, restaurants, bars, shops, petrol station and additional free car parking.
According to the plan, the scheme will be developed by taking full advantage of the river frontage and will create strong links to the traditional shopping areas. The scheme is being designed to reverse the trend of people shopping elsewhere.
Construction on the new site will begin by autumn 2014 and will be completed by the end of 2016.
Northwich has been at the centre of Britain’s salt industry since Roman times but the legacy of unstable mines beneath the town centre prevented any significant growth in the past 30 years. Completed in 2007, a £32 million ($48.7290 million) programme stabilised the abandoned mines by replacing millions of litres of brine from the mines with a mixture of pulverised fuel ash and cement and clearing the way for development.
