Light Cinemas to open at Kingsgate as Huddersfield unveils major town revamp
Light Cinemas has signed a 25-year lease to operate the nine-screen cinema that will anchor new leisure and lifestyle space at the Kingsgate shopping centre in Huddersfield as the town itself is set to become the focus of a major town centre revamp.
The announcement follows Kirklees Council’s decision to grant planning permission to convert the House of Fraser unit at the centre into several restaurants and a street food area on the lower ground floor with the multi-screen cinema on the upper floor.
In addition, the Kingsgate development works will include the creation of the cinema’s Sky Bar complete with an external slide that can convey guests from the bar to its lobby.
Construction works will commence in early 2020 with the cinema set to open by Spring 2021.
Peter Everest of Kingsgate owners WD (Kingsgate) said:“The agreement with Light Cinemas is serious affirmation for our proposal to modernise Kingsgate and to see it evolve in to a fully-integrated and engaging shopping, leisure and lifestyle destination that will, in turn, invigorate Huddersfield.”
Agents for Kingsgate include KLM Retail, Pudney Shuttleworth and Barker Proudlove.
