Belfast’s Victoria Square has appointed Hugh Black as its new Centre Manager.

Managing Agents, Savills HOK, made the new appointment for the shopping and leisure venue which will open on the March 6, 2008.

Black, who moves from designer sales outlet, Junction One, said: “Victoria Square will bring a much needed retail boost to Belfast and Northern Ireland by extending the existing prime retail pitch of Donegall Place, Castle Lane, Castle Place and Royal Avenue and creating a new multilevel pedestrianised streetscape with 800,000 sq ft of retail and leisure space.

“Victoria Square is expected to attract tens of thousands of shoppers every week and will become a major retail and leisure attraction for tourists and local visitors alike.The strength of the retail offering is reflected in our anchor tenant House of Fraser and other key retailers Cruise, H&M and most recently Top Shop and I am looking forward to working with these and all our retailers to make Victoria Square the successful venue it promises to be.”

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Julie Boyd, Senior Property Manager at Savills HOK, the Managing Agents for Victoria Square, said: “We are very pleased to be able to welcome Hugh to the team, he brings a wealth of local and specialist knowledge with him that will add value to the role.

“Victoria Square will be totally unique to Northern Ireland and there is no other shopping centre or retail offering like it in the UK, this brings new challenges and opportunities to the role of centre manager and we are excited about fulfilling the potential of this distinctive development.”

Victoria Square will create up to 3,000 full time jobs. It is expected that 17.2 million people will visit Victoria Square per year - placing it among the top ten shopping centres in the UK.

(GK/SP)