What the future holds for us in the ‘new normal’ is the big question, but out of adversity often come opportunities. The retail sector has been decimated & it’s arguable whether it will ever recover to where it was pre-pandemic.
However, timing is everything. Three years ago, we started work on STACK Newcastle. What has happened since has been remarkable. It has been a rip-roaring success. STACK has demonstrated that leisure developments can be a catalyst to revitalising high streets which appear to have a bit of a bleak future as people continue to work from home.
We have only recently completed STACK Seaburn, but can you imagine any coastal town not benefiting from such a development when so many seaside towns are struggling? Whilst STACK Newcastle was designed as a short term fix on an empty site, it may be that we have stumbled across a longer term solution to the future of the high street for many towns & cities. Why wouldn’t you want one?
