Durham Bed Centre expands with new Hull retail location

A North East retailer has expanded into a newly vacant retail unit in Hull city centre.

Durham Bed Centre has secured a former New Look unit in Whitefriargate from Hull property owner Wykeland Group.

The Hull store will be the latest opening by Durham Bed Centre outside its heartland in the North East where it has seven stores and is the region’s largest independent bed and furniture retailer, wholesaler and manufacturer.

The expansion of the business across the North of England has also seen Durham Bed Centre open stores in Leeds, Warrington in Cheshire, and Bootle on Merseyside.

Wykeland announced the acquisition of the building and also the neighbouring 60,000 sq ft former Marks and Spencer store in Whitefriargate last week.

Wykeland Property director David Donkin commented: “The arrival of Durham Bed Centre will bring additional footfall to Whitefriargate as shops and other businesses reopen following the COVID-19 disruption.

“We’re very pleased to have brought this vacant unit back to life so quickly.

“This reflects the short-term strategy we envisaged when making these acquisitions, while we consider the longer-term re-purposing of the buildings as part of a broader picture of regeneration and reinvention for Whitefriargate and Hull city centre.”

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