Royal Arcade in Norwich snapped up by large national firm
Norwich's £3.4m Royal Arcade shopping centre has been snapped up by a "large national property firm" - but its identity still remains a mystery.
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Norwich's £3.4m Royal Arcade shopping centre has been snapped up by a "large national property firm" - but its identity still remains a mystery.
Published: 6:45 AM April 28, 2021 Shoppers queue outside Primark in Norwich as England takes another step back towards normality with the further easing of lockdown restrictions. Picture date: Monday April 12, 2021. - Credit: PA Guy Gowing, managing partner at Arnolds Keys, argues that recent queues as lockdown restrictions eased demonstrate that bricks-and-mortar retail is far from finished. Managing partner at Arnolds Keys Guy Gowing - Credit: Arnolds Keys ‘It’s the end of the high street as we know it.’ ‘People are not going to turn back from shopping online’. ‘Reta...
Published: 3:28 PM February 3, 2021 An Elm Hill landmark; the Briton's Arms is empty and needs new people to take it over. - Credit: Supplied by Arnolds Keys A 14th century building in Norwich, one of the oldest thatched properties in the country, needs new people to run it as a business. Inside the remarkable timber framed Briton's Arms. - Credit: Arnolds Keys The Elm Hill property, a renowned coffee house until it closed at Christmas, was thought to have been built in 1420. In fact the building, used in many films and television shows, dates as far back as 1347. A search is now on t...
Who owns the Debenhams buildings and what will happen to them? - Credit: Archant The 36-year-old multi-millionaire Irish grandson of bookmaker legend Barney Eastwood owns the building currently occupied by Debenhams in Norwich. Businessman Bernard Joseph Eastwood, from Holywood, County Down, bought the Orford Place building in 2005 for more than £20million. The building of the Orford Place giant department store. This was taken in 1955 and you can see the sign stating 'New Curls store.' The Curl brother ran the store until it was taken over by Debenhams in the 1970s. - Credit: George Pl...
Who owns the Debenhams buildings and what will happen to them? - Credit: Archant The 36-year-old multi-millionaire Irish grandson of bookmaker legend Barney Eastwood owns the building currently occupied by Debenhams in Norwich. Businessman Bernard Joseph Eastwood, from Holywood, County Down, bought the Orford Place building in 2005 for more than £20million. The building of the Orford Place giant department store. This was taken in 1955 and you can see the sign stating 'New Curls store.' The Curl brother ran the store until it was taken over by Debenhams in the 1970s. - Credit: George Pl...