WORK is due to start shortly on the £30m Feethams Leisure complex, the developers have announced.
There are many in Darlington who have doubted that the scheme would ever see the light of day after several years of planning applications and work behind the scenes.
But it now seems that the much-anticipated redevelopment of this corner of the town is about to happen.
This is not an out-of-town scheme built miles from other shops and amenities; it is in the town centre and will greatly
The complex, which will feature a multiplex cinema, a hotel and a number of national restaurant chains, could transform the town centre and create hundreds of jobs.
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