Ashford Designer Outlet is set to reach full occupancy for the first time since its £90m extension opened six years ago, bosses say.

Fifty units were added to the McArthurGlen-owned complex in 2019, taking the total number of shops beyond 100.

Almost half of the new spots were unoccupied when the extension launched, and the centre has failed to reach 100% occupancy since.

But bosses say a number of new additions in the coming weeks will see every unit filled for the first time since 2018.

Centre manager Peter Heritage, 42, says 98% of the centre’s 111 units are currently used.

“The fact we’ll have those empty units filled soon makes us very happy,” he said.

“It would have been nice to have been fully occupied a year or two earlier, like we last were in 2018.

“But the dynamic has cha

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