Lined with high end boutiques, King Street has a reputation as a prime shopping destination in the city centre.
The district's historic buildings and passageways also attract sightseers, and its proximity to St Ann’s Square and Deansgate means there’s always someone walking by. That provides a healthy level of footfall for the shops.
However, several units on the pedestrianised stretch of King Street, between Cross Street and Deansgate - are vacant, with ‘to let’ signs plastered across their frontages. On Tuesday (May 2), the Manchester Evening News counted 12 empty premises - out of a total of 41 units at street-level.
