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Five new lettings signed at Wakefield's Trinity Walk

Five new stores – a total of over 15,000 sq ft of space - are to open at the Trinity Walk Shopping Centre in Wakefield city centre as retailers seek to take advantage of the growing success of the 500,000 sq ft shopping centre.

O2, Claire’s Accessories, womenswear retailer Roman and local independent sweet shop Candy Treats are all new to the centre, while card and gift specialist Clintons is reopening in the store that closed when the chain went into administration last year.

Trinity Walk, which is owned by Sovereign Land, Ares Management and Shepherd Construction, continues to go from strength to strength with footfall increases significantly above regional and national trends.

Celebrating its second anniversary in May 2013, the centre recorded over 20 million visitors in its first two years of its opening and saw 14%+ year-on-year growth in visitor numbers Q2 2013.

O2 is taking a 2,422 sq ft unit, while ladies fashion brand Roman has signed up for 2,566 sq ft ground floor unit (with 1,700 sq ft on first).

Claire’s (1,944 sq ft on two levels) and Candy Treats (516 sq ft ground floor only) have both taken units in the covered Trinity Walk mall which links H&M, TopShop and Next to Debenhams, New Look and Argos.

Also in Trinity Walk mall, Clintons has taken a new lease on the 3,418 sq ft ground floor/2,808 sq ft first floor unit that it previously occupied.

Clintons was bought out of administration earlier this year by Ohio-based American Greetings and is now back on the expansion trail.

The letting agents for Trinity Walk are Lunson Mitchenall and Angermann Goddard & Loyd.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Mark Lane .