Property News - Sunderland stores open

Two stores have opened at The Bridges centre in Sunderland. Shoe retailer Shoe Express has taken a 10-year lease on a 3,235 sq ft (300 sq m) unit, and The Gadget Shop - which has had a requirement in the centre for 18 months - has taken 2,365 sq ft (220 sq m). Landlord Land Securities completed a major refit during 2000, bringing The Bridges up to 515,000 sq ft (47,840 sq m). Lunson Mitchenall and Fawley & Booth are joint letting agents.