Hays Travel confirmed as new tenant for former GAME store on Tavern Street
Hays Travel is moving a few doors down the road into the vacant former GAME unit on Tavern Street, with the interior fit-out already underway.
The big picture: The store has been empty since March 2022, when GAME relocated to the Sports Direct building on Carr Street ahead of its permanent move to the former BHS building in Butter Market along with other Frasers Group brands.
The details:
- Hays Travel will be relocating a very short distance from its current location at 36 Tavern Street into the former GAME premises
- Fitting out work is already in full swing at the new location
- The former GAME store closed in March 2022 and has been vacant since
- In April 2024, the building's owner applied to convert the upper floors into three new flats
What's next: It remains unclear whether Hays Travel will occupy all three floors or just the ground-floor retail space and whether plans to convert the upper levels into residential units will proceed.
The bottom line: After standing empty for over two years, the former GAME store will soon welcome customers again. Meanwhile, a few seconds down the road, 36 Tavern Street will seek a new tenant.
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