in dumfries, debenhams was the biggest shock. gosh, it is a lot bigger on the inside. there has not been much interest in it so far, unfortunately. it is a big unit, this isjust one floor. scott runs a company which has bought this empty shop, bringing in new tenants through donations and public funding. how much would you like to get your hands on that building? if we have the funding can absolutely begin to take on a building like this. i think it would make a great small boutique cinema. a food court on the ground floor. upper floors, top floor, potentially residential. it is just how to pay for it. that is the challenge for many of these towns, the vast empty department stores will be tricky spaces to fill. the headlines on bbc news. president biden insists the kabul airlift will continue, despite two attacks killing more than 90 people
through donations and public funding. how much would you like to get your hands on that building? if we have the funding can absolutely begin to take on a building like this. i think begin to take on a building like this. ithink it begin to take on a building like this. i think it would make a great small boutique cinema. beauford court on the ground floor. upper floors, top floor, potentially residential. may be a food court. it is just how to pay for it. that is the challenge for many of these towns, the vast empty department stores will be tricky spaces to fill. let s have a word with the man behind the research. these figures are pretty stark, what do you make of them? . . are pretty stark, what do you make of them? ., ., ., , , of them? the data undoubtedly hiuuhlihts of them? the data undoubtedly highlights the of them? the data undoubtedly highlights the rate of them? the data undoubtedly highlights the rate of of them? the data undoubtedly highlights the rate of change
bhs had 163 stores. a0 are still vacant, although half of these do have plans in place. the challenges are often financial. it costs a lot of money and takes a lot of time to turn large format space into new uses. we need to be heading towards mixed uses. the demand for retail space is far, far less than it was. in smaller towns, it s far harder to make the numbers add up. in dumfries, debenhams was the biggest shop. gosh, it s a lot bigger on the inside. there has not been much interest in it, unfortunately, not so far. a lot of space? it s a big unit, and this isjust one floor. scott runs a company which has bought these empty shops, bringing in new tenants through donations and publicfunding. how much would you like to get your hands on that building? if we had the funding, absolutely we could take on a building like this. i think it would make a great small boutique cinema. with maybe a food court
in dumfries, debenhams was the biggest shock. gosh, it is a lot bigger on the inside. there has not been much interest in it so far, unfortunately. it is a big unit, this isjust one floor. scott runs a company which has bought this empty shop, bringing in new tenants through donations and publicfunding. how much would you like to get your hands on that building? if we have the funding absolutely we could begin to take on a building like this. i think it would make a great small boutique cinema. a food court on the ground floor. upper floors, top floor, potentially residential. maybe a food court. it isjust how to pay for it. that is the challenge for many of these towns, the vast empty department stores will be tricky spaces to fill. let s return to our top story