To go with story by James Simpson. TJ Hughes and Wellgate Centre refuse to comment on stores future. Picture shows; TJ Hughes shutters remain down despite lockdown measures easing.. Wellgate Centre Dundee.. James Simpson/DCT Media Date; 27/04/2021
One of Dundee’s biggest department stores has failed to reopen after lockdown restrictions eased this week.
TJ Hughes, which took over the former British Home Stores site in the Wellgate Shopping Centre in 2018, has remained in darkness since Monday.
The Liverpool-based discount store previously left the shopping centre in 2011 before making a return and signing a 15-year lease.
Staff were last spotted inside the premises in February of this year “packing up” items, according to one customer.
Repeated attempts have been made to contact the retailer – which has stores across the UK – regarding the Dundee outlet.
TJ Hughes has failed to reopen with neither the Wellgate Centre or TJ Hughes confirming if it is permanent.
The Wellgate Shopping Centre has also remained coy on the ongoing situation after all other non-essential shops reopened this week.
A spokesman for the Wellgate Shopping Centre said they would be providing “no comment” in relation to TJ Hughes.
