How North East Lincolnshire Council will manage Freshney Place shopping centre has been laid out.
The local authority swooped for the huge swathe of Grimsby town centre - the largest undercover mall in Lincolnshire - after it was placed into receivership at the start of the year. August saw the deal complete, and at the time council leader Cllr Philip Jackson said external professional partners would be brought in.
It has now appointed Queensberry Retail on asset management, dealing with leases, tenancies and commercial use of the space and Montagu Evans on property management. It will handle the day-to-day running of the infrastructure, including security and maintenance, with long-serving centre director Amanda Austin and staff to be transfered over.
