Alison Stewart, property director at Oakgate, said: "The car park has already been a tremendous success story, winning a number of safety awards, and this latest refurbishment will make it bigger, better and brighter.

"It provides secure parking in an excellent location, close to the city centre, the station and the bus network. "Meanwhile, the new units on George Hudson Street and Tanner Row will revitalise the area, which

has been in the doldrums since the demise of the Safeway supermarket in the early 1990s. "Altogether this is excellent news for shoppers in York.
There is no doubt that York city centre is fighting back against out-of-town competition in the retail and leisure sector. We have had substantial interest in the remaining four units with McMillans nightclub hoping to extend into one of these units in Tanner Row, subject to planning permission."