The new owners of Ilkley's Station Plaza shopping complex have said it remains an important part of the town's business community.

London-based Carisbrooke Investments has bought the site and stressed its determination to provide Ilkley residents and visitors with a quality shopping experience.

There are currently seven units available in the 21-unit complex and Carisbrooke has revealed it is presently in negotiations to a let a number of them.

Neil Young, a director of Carisbrooke, said: "Station Plaza plays an important part in attracting shoppers to Ilkley and over the next few months we will be considering ways of ensuring that it continues to offer the quality of shopping that the public have a right to expect."

The £3.6 million complex will next March celebrate its 10th anniversary in the town.

It was British Rail's Property Board which set out a scheme to resolve the future of what were disused parts of the railway station and they received competitive designs from many interested parties.

Main retailers include Woolworth's, the Halifax Building Society and Kwik Save, with letting income totals bringing in about £362,500 per annum.

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