July 13 2017

Vue Entertainment is to open a nine-screen cinema within Glasgow’s St Enoch Centre by summer 2019 after concluding a deal with mall owners Blackstone.Located within the former BHS store to the east of the current centre the cinema will anchor a dedicated 30,000sq/ft restaurant area as part of a phased reconfiguration of the centre designed by Benoy to help it diversify away from retail.Andrew Warren, real estate team partner with Morisons solicitors, said, “This is great news for Glasgow city centre and it is anticipated it will provide the catalyst for further food outlet openings attracted by the increased footfall generated by the cinema.“The leisure industry continues to be buoyant for the commercial property sector and following the election, this is a further indicator that hopefully we can look forward to a more sustained settled period with less business uncertainty.”The cinema will be accessible from new entrances off Dunlop and Osbourne Street's with the aim of improving pedestrian connections to Argyle Street.