Three more retailers open at 5Rise shopping centre

This week three more retailers, Santander, Browns Cafe, and Home Bargains are open to the public at 5Rise Shopping Centre in Bingley, following its official opening in December.

International banking group, Santander opens its relocated local branch at the front of the development facing onto Main Street. The 1,235 sq ft branch will provide services such as current accounts, mortgages, savings, credit cards, personal loans and investment products and will open from 9am until 5pm Monday to Friday.

Browns Cafe has opened a 810 sq ft cafe next to Boots and the main pedestrian walkway that is open from 8am until 5pm Monday to Saturday. Its second cafe now in Yorkshire, it also has a shop in Halifax town centre, it serves a selection of hot and cold beverages as well as delicious home cooked food such as stews, soups, jacket potatoes, paninis, baguettes and sandwiches.

Richard Holmes, development director from owner and developer of 5Rise, 4Urban comments: "As a local resident it gives me great pleasure to announce that a further three retailers are now open and offering great local facilities at 5Rise. The openings demonstrate how that even during a tough climate we can not only secure deals with both local and national operators but we can get them open in a timely manner as well."

In need of regeneration for over 15 years, Co-operative Food Store pleasing trading figures for the last month prove that 5Rise has successfully restored the retail heart to Bingley. Peter Marks, Group Chief Executive, The Co-operative Group said: "I am delighted that our new £1 million showpiece Co-operative store in Bingley has performed so well since it opened in the 5Rise Shopping Centre early last month, enjoying a particularly good Christmas. The local community is clearly making the most of what is an excellent town centre location."

A major new £5 million regeneration project for the market town of Bingley, 5Rise now offers circ. 60,000 sq ft of new and refurbished retail space across 18 individual shop units. The site was formerly known as Myrtle Shopping Centre which has become run down and no longer fit for purpose. A number of owners and developers has failed to deliver on their promises to redevelop the centre that is Bingley's main retail focus, until 4Urban purchased the site in April 2007 and began redevelopment in September 2008.