Silverburn has announced a new leisure attraction will be coming to the centre this year.

The shopping centre, in Pollok, has been diversifying with more restaurants, health and beauty, and the cinema adding to the traditional retail stores.

Kingpin Bowling will open later this year after some reconfiguration of vacant units in the centre takes place.

David Pierotti, Silverburn general manager, revealed the facility as part of his plan to make new use of empty units that appeared after big-name retail closures.

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He said: “We’ve done a deal with Kingpin. We will be introducing a 10-lane bowling alley.”

Mr Pierotti said shopping centres have had to adapt following the collapse of some high-profile retail giants.

He added: “Off the back of, for example, BHS and Debenhams, landlords have had to relook at space, reconfigure space at their cost, and just make it more fit for purpose.”

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Rather than just looking for another retail tenant as a replacement, he recognised other avenues had to be explored and said people are now looking for more than shopping from places like Silverburn.

He said: “Post-Covid, people are wanting things to do and reasons to be cheerful.

“We've been really focused on that. Kingpin will open through the latter part of 2024.

The bowling alley will take over the unit previously occupied by Argos and some adjacent space.

Other, as yet unannounced, names will be moving in to fill the void left by big closures in recent years.

He added: “We will be addressing the Debenhams void and there'll be two major space users going in there through the course of 2024.

“There'll be a lot of landlord engineering done there. We'll also address the voids left off the back of the demise of Arcadia.”

Mr Pierotti said he was not yet able to reveal the identities of the new tenants but that it would be announced soon.

He added: “The Debenhams space will be split in half and be filled by two major operators”.

He also added that Silverburn has done a deal with an electric car operator, adding: “Polestar will be taking the first store in Scotland at Silverburn.”