The Oracle shopping centre in Reading is set to welcome two huge names that will replace the House of Fraser store that closed recently.
Plans show that family entertainment company Hollywood Bowl and fashion retailer TK Maxx will both be opening in the space vacated by House of Fraser in the near future.
The coming of both of these huge names has been revealed in floorplans of The Oracle on the Completely Retail marketing website.
A site plan uploaded by retail agents FMX Property Advisers shows floorplans for the Riverside, lower floor and upper floor of The Oracle.
Hollywood Bowl will occupy the Riverside level of the former House of Fraser unit, which will be divided into three after the shopping centre’s owners Hammerson won approval for division plans in September.
The bowling chain has been hoping to open in Reading for years, as it submitted a licensing application to open until 1am each night back in 2020.
However, House of Fraser continued to occupy the unit for over three years before finally closing on Sunday, October 29.
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Meanwhile, TK Maxx will be opening at the lower ground level next to H&M and Bakers + Baristas cafe.
TK Maxx already has two stores in Reading, with one being in Broad Street Mall and the other being at the Reading Gate Retail Park.
A spokesperson was unable to provide details about when the store in The Oracle will open and what will be happening to the two existing stores.
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The site plan uploaded by The Oracle retail agents also provides some curious insights into what is happening elsewhere in the shopping centre.
The Handmade Burger Co is seen twice in the plan despite closing in 2020.
The burger chain branding is seen both for its currently closed unit next to Cote Brasserie and in unit L10 next to Hollister in the lower mall.
A licensing application for Handmade Burger Co was approved in 2022 but the company has not opened a restaurant in The Oracle since.
Meanwhile, the vacant Lemoni Greek restaurant and the lower and upper floors of the former Debenhams unit are both shown as being ‘available to let’.
The Debenhams closed in 2020 and taken over by Next Beauty & Home, which itself closed in August this year.
The news about Hollywood Bowl and TK Maxx comes after Hammerson won approval to divide the old House of Fraser and Debenhams stores into three units each in September.
You can view the approved application by typing reference 230682 into the Reading Borough Council’s planning portal.
There is currently a Hollywood Bowl at The Point and The Peel Centre in Bracknell.
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