Construction round-up: Bolton Market Place; New Bailey

WATES Construction has made a start on the extension to the Bolton Market Place shopping centre.

Landlord Moorgarth bought the centre for around £20m from the administrators of previous owner Agora last year.

It is now planning a nine-screen cinema, operated by The Light, and wants to turn 25,000 sq ft of unused Victorian vaults into space for restaurants, bars and shops.

Tony Shenton, business unit director at Wates, said: “It is an exciting time as the ambitious plans to enhance Bolton Mark... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...