How the coffee area in The Crescent at Metrocentre will look (Image: Metrocentre Partnership)

The owners of flagship North East leisure and shopping centre the Metrocentre have unveiled plans to create a new retail zone for visitors. The Metrocentre Partnership has announced plans to completely refurbish and reposition The Forum , the area which has been home to more traditional traders for years, including independent operators and food and drink firms.

Now bosses at the Gateshead centre plan to plough significant investment into transforming it into creating The Crescent, a new flagship destination set to champion independent retailers while also revitalising a key link mall within the centre. Bosses said The Crescent proposal forms part of Metrocentre’s long-term vision to boo

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