Primark's new Walsall store set to open
Primark's new store in Walsall town centre will open next week, it has been revealed.
A banner has now been put up at the new store in Digbeth displaying the planned opening date as August 6.
The eagerly anticipated store is at the centre of the transformation of Old Square Shopping Centre – creating 150 jobs.
The scheme, which will include a Co-op, has been in the pipeline for years.
The council pumped in £8 million from its own reserves to kickstart the long-awaited scheme as part of a £21m revamp of the centre.
Bosses behind the scheme revealed last month that interest from the development has already led to a 20 per cent surge in shoppers to the Old Square Shopping Centre.
Footfall figures rocketed by more than 35,000 in April this year compared to the previous year – a rise of more than 28 per cent.
The Old Square Shopping Centre is to get a new glass entrance as part of its revamp.
