THE BUSINESS DESK.COM
By Miran Rahman 29 June 2022
Two hospitality
businesses will join the expanding portfolio of companies now operating from
the redeveloped prison site, Treadmills, in Northallerton.
Farmhouse has
taken the ground floor unit at the former Governors House and Open Jar will
move into one of the three restaurant units currently being built with a new
Everyman Cinema on the site.
Open Jar
currently operates from bases in Norton and Seaton Carew and will serve street
food as well as a classic menu – and offer live entertainment. Farmhouse is an
all-day independent restaurant which also has a base at the Everyman Cinema in
Harrogate.
The former Northallerton
Prison site has been transformed into a retail, business and leisure
destination by Hambleton District Council and Yorkshire developer, Wykeland
Group.
Wykeland
development director, Jonathan Stubbs, said: “Securing two high-quality
independent restaurant businesses for Treadmills is a further demonstration of
the appeal of this unique destination.
“The formerly
derelict Northallerton prison site has been transformed into a thriving hub for
shopping, business and learning with the latest phase adding leisure into the
exciting mix of uses.”
Hambleton
District Council leader, Councillor Mark Robson, added: “It is an exciting time
for Northallerton – and the Treadmills development. It is fast becoming the
place to be based to work, learn and enjoy leisure time.
“We have an
eclectic range of businesses choosing to expand here – once the cinema is open
and the public open space is complete later this year, Northallerton will have
a much improved offer for the day and night time economies which we hope will
attract people from both inside and outside the district to enjoy.”
The Treadmills
development is currently home to two supermarkets – Lidl and Iceland, a kitchen
supplier – Kutchenhaus, pilates studio – UMove, business centre C4DI (Centre
for Digital Innovation), and Campus@Northallerton (University of Sunderland and
York College).
The latest
phase of the development will be completed by the end of this year and will
house the Everyman cinema and three restaurants.
There is also a
further unit for a hospitality business under the first floor wing of the C4DI
building. WSB Property Consultants and Pudney Shuttleworth are retained letting agents on the scheme