A sign in the window announces Pavers is closing down
One of the longest-running shops in Princes Quay Shopping Centre is closing down. Pavers was among the original 73 shops when the shopping centre opened more than 30 years ago.
A sign in the window announces a 30% off closing down sale. It adds: “this isn’t a goodbye” and redirects customers to the three closest stores: Hornsea Freeport, Hornsea Garden Centre, and McArthurGlen Designer Outlet in York.
Since welcoming its first customers in 1991, the iconic shopping centre has seen numerous changes. WiFi had not yet come out, and people still did most of their shopping in towns and cities.
Over the years, many of the originally shops have sadly shut and relocated. Other notable changes include the complete transformation of the Top Deck to Vue cinema which opened in 2007. Meanwhile, the TK Maxx unit on the ground floor became Superbowl.
Princes Quay was purchased by Tokyo Industries, which also owns The Welly Club, in 2021. Talking to Hull Daily Mail at the time, Tokyo Industries CEO & MD Aaron Mellor noted the High Street retail was “really struggling” amid the boom of online shopping and the Covid pandemic “accelerated this migration by five years”. “The generic high street of ‘any town anywhere’ is no longer valid,” he said.
Hull Daily Mail understands Pavers is closing down in November. Pavers, which has more than 160 branches across the country, said it did not comment on the closure of its shops.
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